First met LBJ when Majority Leader; 1960 election; LBJ's position on Commission on EEO; LBJ as VP; LBJ's role in drafting civil rights proposals in 1963; Domestic Marshall Plan; LBJ's view of Great Society; met LBJ after JFK assassination; offered government positions; reaction to Kerner Commission report; MLK; Vietnam War criticized by black people; innate compassionate nature of LBJ
Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker
Citation
Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-youngw-19690618-1-73-29