PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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Detailed explanation-1: -Born in a farmhouse in Stonewall, Texas, to a local political family, Johnson worked as a high school teacher and a congressional aide before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1937.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1928, Johnson took a break from his studies to earn more money for his college tuition. Just twenty years old at the time, Johnson spent a year teaching mathematics and history to twenty-nine fifth, sixth, and seventh graders at the C.A. Welhausen Elementary School in Cotulla, Texas.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Johnson presidency was incredibly active. In addition to pursuing the Vietnam War, President Johnson pressed on with an expansive slate of programs labeled as the “Great Society” that included three landmark civil rights bills and Medicare.