the 1960s part ii. president johnson the civil rights act of 1964
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The 1960s
Part II
President Johnson
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Election of 1964
Lyndon JohnsonDemocrat
Barry GoldwaterRepublican
The “Great Society”
The “Daisy” Ad
Election of 1964
Lyndon JohnsonDemocrat
Barry GoldwaterRepublican
Winner
The “Great Society”
• “unconditional war on poverty”• Office of Economic Opportunity• Volunteers in Service to America• Model Cities• Food Stamps• Project Head Start
More “Great Society”
• Medicare• Medicaid• National Endowment for the Arts• National Endowment for the Humanities• Corporation for Public Broadcasting• Department of Transportation
Berkeley, 1964
“The Long, Hot Summers”
Los AngelesClevelandNewarkDetroitWashington, D.C.The Black Panthers“Black Power”
The Warren Court
• Engel vs. Vitale, 1962
The Warren Court
• Engel vs. Vitale, 1962
“Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country.”
"I should like to ask whether we would be far wrong in saying that in this decision the Supreme Court has held that God is unconstitutional and for that reason the public school must be segregated against Him?" Senator Sam Irvin, D-NC
The Warren Court
• Engel vs. Vitale, 1962• Abington Township School District v.
Schempp, 1963
The Warren Court
• Miranda v. Arizona, 1966
“Nothing in the letter or the spirit of the Constitution or in the precedents squares with the heavy-handed and one-sided action that is so precipitously taken by the Court in the name of fulfilling its constitutional responsibilities."
—Justice John M. Harlan
The Warren Court
• Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965The Supreme Court finds a “right to privacy” lurking somewhere in “penumbras, formed by emanations” from the Bill of Rights.
VietnamThe Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 2-4, 1964
VietnamRetaliatory Strike, August 5, 1964
VietnamThe Tonkin Gulf Resolution,
August 7, 1964
Come senators, congressmenPlease heed the callDon't stand in the doorwayDon't block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThere's a battle outsideAnd it is ragin'.It'll soon shake your windowsAnd rattle your wallsFor the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don't criticizeWhat you can't understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your commandYour old road isRapidly agin'.Please get out of the new oneIf you can't lend your handFor the times they are a-changin'.
Bob Dylan, 1964
Bob Dylan
Youth Culture in the 1960s
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
“Psychedelic Rock”
Pink Floyd
Grateful Dead
The “Hippie” Movement
Haight-Ashbury, 1967
Woodstock, 1969
Timothy Leary
“Tune in, turn on, drop out.”
Vietnam
The Anti-War Movement
1968
The Tet Offensive
Tet in the News Media
Walter Cronkite“If I've lost Walter Cronkite, I've lost Middle America.”
Lyndon Johnson
The Election
Lyndon B. JohnsonRobert F. KennedyEugene McCarthy
The Election
Hubert H. HumphreyGeorge Wallace
Meanwhile…
Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TennesseeApril 4, 1968
James Earl Ray
Robert F. KennedyAmbassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CaliforniaJune 4, 1968
June 5, 1968
1968 Democratic National ConventionChicago
McCormick Place, site of 1968 Democratic conventionConrad Hilton Hotel, main convention hotel
Election of 1868
Hubert HumphreyDemocrat
George Wallace,American
Independent Party
Richard Nixon,Republican
Winner
Man on the Moon
Apollo 8, December 1968
Apollo 11, July 1969