War, Protest and Politics
Washington, the courts and elections in 1967 and 1968.
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How Lyndon Johnson, a more cautious Congress and the widening Vietnam War shaped American politics in 1967, and what the Great Society achieved that year.
Why the House voted to exclude Adam Clayton Powell Jr. in March 1967, how his Harlem voters responded, and how the Supreme Court reversed the decision in 1969.
How Carl Stokes in Cleveland and Richard Hatcher in Gary won their mayoral races in November 1967, and why those results mattered for Black political power.
How Senator Eugene McCarthy announced his challenge to Lyndon Johnson in November 1967 and why his strong showing in the New Hampshire primary in March 1968 mattered.
The events of early 1968 that led Lyndon Johnson to end his campaign for re-election on March 31, including Tet, the New Hampshire primary and the call for more troops.
How Ronald Reagan won the 1966 California governorship, took office in January 1967, and dealt with a budget gap, tax rises and conflict at the University of California.
How American politics shifted in 1967: Allard Lowenstein's Dump Johnson movement, Republican gains and Democratic doubts before the 1968 New Hampshire primary.
How the 25th Amendment, ratified in February 1967, settled gaps in the rules for a vacant vice presidency and a president who cannot serve, and how it has been used.
Why Lyndon Johnson created the Kerner Commission in July 1967, what its February 1968 report said about race and the cities, and how the White House responded.
How the Public Broadcasting Act, signed in November 1967, created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and set the foundations for PBS and National Public Radio.
How Thurgood Marshall went from NAACP lawyer in Brown v. Board of Education to the first Black Supreme Court justice, confirmed by the Senate in August 1967.
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