Name Recognition Quotes
This advice for a singer is also a metaphor for Robeson’s active political approach. If the politician can inspire people, give them ideas, and stimulate people talking about his/her programs and ideas, the name recognition will follow.
In 1964 LBJ’s Civil Rights Bill was stalled in the Senate and was being filibustered by a coalition of conservative Republicans and Southern Democrats. Johnson needed the conservative Republican Minority Leader’s support to break the filibuster and allow a vote. Dirksen changed his position and broke the filibuster allowing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to pass.