It Was An Interesting Year
I first voted for President in 1964, when the major candidates were Lyndon Baines Johnson and Barry Goldwater. My vote for LBJ was predicated on his getting the Civil Rights bill passed. I was brought up down here and was all too familiar with the system and the need for justice. I was still attending segregated schools in the South in the 1960s, although Brown v. Board was decided in 1954.
There were a lot of “firsts”, like the District of Columbia getting to vote for President, but there were also “lasts”. Most people aren’t aware that that election marked the last time a Democratic candidate for President received a majority of the white vote.
