In this speech, Lyndon Johnson also discussed racial inequality, which was rampant in the 1960s and causing outcries from people who wanted drastic change.
At the start of World War 2, America is the country that maintained the isolationist policy.
On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris will become vice president of the United States – the first woman, the first person of South Asian descent, and the first African American to do so. Harris will also become the first vice president to have graduated from a historically black college or university.
Each of these achievements is significant in its own right. However, the vice presidency itself has traditionally been a relatively insignificant position, though the office has become more influential in recent years.
