He knew each and every member. He knew what they needed. He knew what they didnt want anybody to know. The part that i find just wonder russ is how in a day could he do what he did and how did he come to know so much about each and every member . You nailed it. He had this encyclopedic knowledge of not only the legislative process, but of the people around it. Hue better humphrey described lbj as a psychiatrist. He could read you. He knew it moerveated you. He knew what might motivate bob was different from what motivate linda or larry. He got that. And he used it. He exploited it. Theres an expression, that people are motivated by either love or fear. And you need to know the right combination in order to get them to act. Lbj got that and he used to apply something that was legendarily known in washington as the johns ontreatment or just the treatment. There was no doubt who was applying it. Johnson was the master of that and he used a combination of flattery or threatening or whateve
On Feb. 2, 1959, LaVéra Forbes walked to Norview Jr. High School with a handful of fellow African American classmates. They were the first African American students to attend formerly segregated schools in Norfolk. Later, these individuals would be celebrated as trailblazers. At the time, it was often traumatic. Later in life, Forbes would struggle to open up about what happened all those years ago even as memorials, murals and special exhibits started to come up to honor those children for their bravery.
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