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Presidential Assassinations | Three Shots in Dallas | 3
American History Tellers
Bobby Kennedy and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Six months after Kennedy's murder Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law in The East Room of the White House. He was now ready to shed the Kennedy aura and become a leader in his own right. That was one reason why he chose not to make Bobby Kennedy his running mate despite Kennedy's interest in the job. The other reason was that the two men still loathed each other Their animosity dated back to 1960 when Bobby tried to prevent his brother from selecting Johnson as his running mate. We tell the stories of four attempts to take the life of a sitting president three of those Succeeded killing presidents Garfield McKinley and Jfk one did not but it came closer than you might
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