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How could a signature transform America? Lyndon B Johnson was born in 1908 near Stonewall in Central Texas. Though his Texas roots he was intellectually gifted, motivated and possessed much vigor(BE). Why did L.B.J. sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964? If principle decisions are based on strongly-held beliefs, then Cotulla Teaching, Ignoring Southern Reaction, and Change of Heart show that President Johnson was motivated to sign by his principles. One example that reveals President Johnson’s principal motivation can be found in (Doc A). In (Doc A) it states “That his first job after college was as a teacher in Cotulla, Tex., in a small Mexican-American school.” (Doc A) He also explains that he could see the pain of prejudice in their eyes and would buy them clothing, food and supplies because they could not afford them (Doc A). Therefore this evidence proves that his decision was principle because he cares for Mexican Americans and wanted them not to suffer and be segregated. This is one fragment of why his decision to push the Civil Rights Bill was a principle one. Another reason that shows that LBJ’s decision was principle is in (Doc C). In (Doc C) Lyndon B. Johnson had a conversation with his old time friend Richard Russell. Johnson states that “Dick, you’ve got to get out of my way. I’m going to run over you.” …show more content…

In (Doc E) Lyndon B Johnson was speaking to Roy Wilkins and Roy asked “ If he had felt so strongly about the issue , why had it taken him so long to act on it.” Then Johnson quoted Martin Luther King “Free at last, free at last.” You can infer from this quote that he was implying that he is not chackled to Texas theories anymore and he can speak his mind now as being President. This shows that his decision was principle because he is saying that before as Senator he was against integration because he had to follow the people’s opinion now he does not have

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    One reason that reveals President Johnson’s principled motivation can be found in Doc A. L.B.J first job after college was being a teacher in Cotulla, Texas. He was teaching Mexican children who were poor but tried their best to learn and look nice for school. He wanted to teach this school of 5,6, and 7 graders because at the time there was poverty and segregation and was willing help even if

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Johnson taught at a Mexican-American school. Students would go into class hungry because they have not eaten breakfast. Johnson said that the students didn't know why they were treated the way they were, but that "they knew it was so because I saw it in their eyes. " This example shows principle was more important because he sympathized with his Mexican American students that were poor and were treated harshly. The second example of being driven by principle was when he went up against his long-time friend in order to pass the Civil Rights Bill.

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Conclusion Analyzing the previous investigation, President Kennedy was responsible for the passage of the Bill of 1964 to an extent. As MLK did not gain sufficient support because of people’s racial discrimination, Kennedy, being a role model for many, had wide influence on the passage of this bill. Without Kennedy’s power and his approach by proposing the bill to congress and supporting the March of Washington, it would all have been seen as ‘another event’ where nothing but hope would have been accomplished. Nonetheless, by making the problem a ‘moral issue’, more people supported the cause. Asking congress for legalisation pressured them to at least consider the request.

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In the 1960’s during the era of the Civil Rights movement, America had been divided by the voting rights that were not given to the African Americans. Although, a decade ago the African Americans had been freed from slavery, but they were still not considered “equal” because they weren't able to vote. The discrimination in the area even had political leaders affected, therefore many of those political leaders during that time attempted to put an end to the several agonizing events going on. Lyndon B Johnson, a white persistent president speaks out to the lawmakers using compassionate encouraging appeals about voting for Civil Rights, in order to unify the nation “to build a new community”. President Johnson utilizes many devices in his speech such as anaphora, emotional appeals, and

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Document A is definitely principle because he took a job in a Mexican American school in the first place which shows concern for them. Also he said “ I saw it in their eyes,” which shows he had compassion for the children. When he was signing the bill for the civil right act of 1964 he was probably thinking about how it would help the Mexican- American student he taught back in Cotulla , Tx. Again, document B could be both Political and Principle decision , because he knew about the polls ,but nobody knows if he was doing it to get more votes for president (political) or if he was doing the civil rights act because it was the

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There is even more evidence to be shown! Lastly, Doc E is an example of why Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In this document it shows a question that Roy Wilkins and many others had for him. “If you had felt this strongly about the issue, why had it taken you so long to act on it?”

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