LBJ Seeks Robert E. Lee for Civil Rights Commission
Johnson wanted to fill an opening on the federal Civil Rights Commission with a moderate Southerner. Here, Johnson lobbied William Mitchell∇, an Arkansas attorney and friend of powerful Arkansas Congressman Wilbur Mills, comparing Mitchell's choice to one faced in a previous century by Robert E. Lee.
Date:
Mar 02, 1964
Participants:
Lyndon Johnson, William Mitchell
Conversation Number:
wh6403.02-2326
Topics
Domestic policy topics