Published:
October 23, 2020
One Texan whose political career got more than a little help from Lyndon Johnson called Donald Trump's claim that he has done more for Black Americans than any president since Abraham Lincoln a gross distortion of history and an affront to the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. "Johnson's Civil Rights (Act) was a moon shot," said former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, who was elected to the Texas House in 1961 at age 22 and became a protege to both Johnson and former Gov. John Connally.