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The provisions involving an Idaho dam, union-worker protections, and federal jury rules were unrelated to Southern voting rights, but Lyndon Johnson used political creativity and inside knowledge to connect them in a legislative deal.
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“A dam in Idaho and protections for union workers and federal jury rules had nothing to do with voting rights in the South, at least not to anyone who lacked the inside knowledge and political creativity of Lyndon Johnson.”23:39Report a misattribution
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