In 1964, Lyndon Baines Johnson, L.B.J., signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Many people argue that L.B.J. signed this act for political reasons while others argue that he signed the act for principle reasons.The people that say he signed it for political reasons was because he was following what the majority of people wanted him to do. Others that say he signed it for principle reasons is because he did what he believed was best and that he wanted to do this out of the kindness of his heart. This debate was going on because in 1957 L.B.J. opposed the signing of the Civil Rights Act, but then when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, L.B.J. was sworn into office and decided to sign the Civil Rights act of 1964.
Before L.B.J. was sworn into office he worked as a teacher in a small Mexican-American school in Cotulla, Texas. This job seemed strange because if you were white then you would work at a white school, if you were black then you would work in an all black school, and if you were Mexican then you would work in an all-Mexican school. So for L.B.J. to go work as a teacher in an all Mexican- American school showed that he was kind-hearted, to go work in a school where very few kids could speak English, and most of the students were poor and came to school without breakfast. Every day when L.B.J. and his students started …show more content…
signed the Civil Rights Act because of political reasons or principle reasons? Either way, you think about it L.B.J. could have signed it because he just wanted to get it over with and to stop with all of the confusion that was going on. Even if L.B.J. may have signed it because he actually cared about how this would affect the history of America, or if he wanted to win America over. He signed it and now everyone has equal rights to just about everything because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed. Would you have signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for political reasons or principal
Before L.B.J. was sworn into office he worked as a teacher in a small Mexican-American school in Cotulla, Texas. This job seemed strange because if you were white then you would work at a white school, if you were black then you would work in an all black school, and if you were Mexican then you would work in an all-Mexican school. So for L.B.J. to go work as a teacher in an all Mexican- American school showed that he was kind-hearted, to go work in a school where very few kids could speak English, and most of the students were poor and came to school without breakfast. Every day when L.B.J. and his students started …show more content…
signed the Civil Rights Act because of political reasons or principle reasons? Either way, you think about it L.B.J. could have signed it because he just wanted to get it over with and to stop with all of the confusion that was going on. Even if L.B.J. may have signed it because he actually cared about how this would affect the history of America, or if he wanted to win America over. He signed it and now everyone has equal rights to just about everything because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed. Would you have signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for political reasons or principal