Martin Luther King Jr. worked closely with President Lyndon Johnson during the Civil Rights movement. They’d discuss how to change minds and hearts about southern states denying black people fundamental rights.
LBJ: “If you can find the worst condition…shove through in the end.”
And what they “shoved through” was the voting rights act of 1965. Johnson was calculating that more black voters would mean more support for his anti-poverty programs.
Ross: Worried about balloning government budgets? Get involved
That conversation was in 1965. But by 1967, the two would have a falling out – over Vietnam. A war which Dr. King felt was undermining the campaign for racial justice
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