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Originally Posted by smoothmoniker
1957 – Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act
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Which got to his desk partly as a result of the efforts of Sen. Lyndon Johnson, D-TX.
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1964 – passed the Civil Rights Act over a democrat filibuster
1965 – passed the Voting Rights Act, again over democratic opposition
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Both championed and signed by President Lyndon Johnson.
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1955 – Eisenhower makes E Fredrick Murrow first African-American to hold a cabinet level position
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Do you have a source on this? I can't find anything on this guy.