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Civil Rights Act

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, and Whitney Young, met with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office on Jan. 18, 1964.
    When King And Johnson Joined Forces To Fight The War On Poverty
    Andrew Small
    This Saturday, Jan. 18, marks the 50th anniversary of a historic meeting between then-President Lyndon B. Johnson and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the White House. The president and the preacher came together to coordinate efforts to fight the War on Poverty.