The story of its adoption remains relevant as a masterpiece in American lawmaking and the use of presidential power. Lyndon Johnson's success in ramming it through is unfathomable in today's deadlocked Washington. A few days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the new president informed a mourning country that he was determined to advance his predecessor's stalled bill to end segregation in schools and businesses. In private, he spewed disdain on the Kennedy White House's legislative savvy.
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