In the mid-1960s Lyndon Johnson passes civil rights legislation as well as more government social programs.

在20世纪60年代中期，林登·约翰逊通过了民权立法以及更多的政府社会计划。

Lyndon Johnson succeeded in getting Congress to pass more civil rights legislation in nineteen sixty-five and sixty-eight.

林登·约翰逊成功地使国会在1965年和1968年，通过了更多的民权立法。

The law is widely considered to be the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted in the United States.

这个法案被广泛认为是美国有史以来最具影响力的民权法案。

Most people recognize the great work that he did, especially in the civil rights legislation.

大多数人都认可他所做的伟大工作，尤其是在民权立法方面。

Johnson had voted against civil rights legislation when he served in the Senate. But now he urged Congress to support the idea, and Congress agreed.

约翰逊在参议院任职时，曾投票反对民权法案。但现在，他敦促国会支持这一想法，国会也表示同意。

Although he had voted against civil rights legislation when he served in the Senate, he now urged Congress to pass a civil rights bill. Congress did.

尽管他在参议院任职时曾投票反对民权法案，但他现在敦促国会通过一项民权法案，国会通过了。

Johnson was from the South. That -- and his ability to persuade people -- helped him get southern conservatives in Congress to support the civil rights legislation.

约翰逊来自南部。这一点，以及他说服人们的能力，帮助他在国会争取南方保守派支持民权立法。

During the middle part of the 1960s, King continued to work for civil rights legislation, or laws that would protect African Americans and others.

在 1960 年代中期，金继续致力于民权立法或保护非裔美国人和其他人的法律。

Nearly 50 years after the passage of this ground-breaking civil rights legislation, we hear the stories of two of the men whose names will forever be tied to in the history books.

在这一开创性的打破民权的立法被通过近50年后, 我们因为它听到来自两个男人的故事, 而他们的名字将永远载入史册。