num_pages: 560
description: “A finely honed portrait of the civil rights partnership President Johnson and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. forged . . . a fresh and vivid account.” — Washington Post Book World The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nick Kotz offers the first thorough account of the complex working relationship between Lyndon Baines Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr. Tracing both leaders’ paths, from Johnson’s ascension to the presidency in 1963 to King’s assassination in 1968, Kotz describes how they formed a wary alliance that would become instrumental in producing some of the most substantial civil rights legislation in American history: the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources—Johnson’s taped telephone conversations, voluminous FBI wiretap logs, and secret communications between FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and the president—Kotz examines the forces that drew the charismatic men together and those that eventually drove them apart. Kotz’s focused and incisive examination significantly enriches our understanding of both men.This book will appeal to people interested in: Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Race Relations, Voting Rights, 20th Century History, Politics, Political Investigations, Segragation, and American History."A powerful reminder that the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts transformed the lives not just of black citizens, but of every American.” — Christian Science Monitor“A hard-headed, no-nonsense look at these two towering figures of the 1960s … [Judgment Days] vividly re-creates the behind-the-scenes dynamics informing civil rights politics.” — Boston Globe“An important examination of a critical moment in American history—a battle for our nation’s soul.” — Jimmy Carter Nick Kotz is the author of five previous books on politics, social justice, and the civil rights movement. A renowned journalist, he has received a Pulitzer Prize and a National Magazine Award. He lives in Broad Run, Virginia.
language: English
title: Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
titlecomplete: Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
characters: William McCulloch, George Smathers, James Robinson, Dr. Robert Hayling, Victoria Gray, Edward Willis, Jack Greenberg, Howard Worth Smith, Cecil Price, Charles Robb, William Colmer, T. O. Harris, John Stennis, General Nicholas Katzenbach, Leslie Dunbar, Dorothy Cotton, Mary Peabody, Kenneth O'Donnell, Eugene Patterson, David Dennis, Tom Finney, James Eastland, Elizabeth Carpenter, Joe Smitherman, John McCone, Artur Davis, Edith Green, Edwin King, Hoss Manucy, Harold Cooley, Vance Hartke, David Kraslow, Jim Clark, James E. Chaney, William Parker, Sherwin Markman, Wilson Baker, Andrew Brimmer, Dorothy Height, Thomas Kuchel, Louis Allen, William D. Russell, Judge Daniel Thomas, Clarence Mitchell, Harry F. Byrd, Frank Johnson, Rita Schwerner, Charles Abraham Halleck, Nellie Connally, General Ramsey Clark, Howard Cannon, David Lawrence (1888-1973), James Reeb, General William Westmoreland, Dick Gregory, Nathan Schwerner, Harry McPherson, General Burke Marshall, Viola Liuzzo, John McClellan, James L. Bevel, Stanley David Levison, Floyd McKissick, Joseph L. Rauh Jr., Cager Lee, General John Doar, Cliff Carter, Buford Ellington, George Washington Baines Sr., Lee White, William Robert Poage
genres: Biography, Presidents, History, Politics, American History, Race, Nonfiction, Law, Us Presidents
ratings_count: 194
publisher: Mariner Books