How Progressives Have Failed To Heed President Johnson's Warning

Decades after President Lyndon Johnson warned the country must agree that the government must play a role in uplifting Black Americans and other disadvantaged groups, progressives have yet to heed Johnson's warning, writes historian Mark Updegrove.

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