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Film, Video Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Laws That Changed America

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Title

  • Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Laws That Changed America

Summary

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nick Kotz discussed his new book, "Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Laws That Changed America" (Houghton Mifflin, 2005), where he draws upon newly available resources, including President Johnson's taped telephone conversations, FBI wiretap logs and recently declassified communications between the FBI and the president, to examine challenges faced by Johnson and King following the death of President John F. Kennedy. This event is part of the Center for the Book's "Books & Beyond" author series.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2005-03-01.

Headings

  • -  African American History
  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Presidents
  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Nick Kotz.
  • -  Recorded on 2005-03-01.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687683

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Laws That Changed America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-01, 2005. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687683/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2005) Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Laws That Changed America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-01. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687683/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Laws That Changed America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-01, 2005. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687683/>.