The Civil Rights Movement had Kennedy survived

After Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Lyndon B Johnson, using influence in the Congress that Kennedy never had, signed the Civil Rights Act into law the next year. This was followed by the Voting Rights Act (banning racial discrimination in voting) and Title XI (banning discrimination based on sex in the education system) in 1965 and 1972.

Johnson was able to achieve these things, which fulfilled the demands of the Civil Rights Movement, because he had a better relationship with Congress and had a better understanding of how it worked. He was also more vocal about minority rights than Kennedy, who was somewhat muzzled on the matter to avoid losing the vote of Southern Democrats. Kennedy's rocky relationship with Congress affected the Civil Rights Act, which was stuck in the Rules Committee at the time of his OTL assassination.

Had Kennedy survived past November 22nd 1963, the Civil Rights Act would've either taken longer to get out of the Rules Committee or it may have never seen the floor of the House of Representatives, due to him not having Johnson's connections or knowledge about the inner workings of Congress.

How would have this setback affected the Civil Rights Movement? Could we see a more militant faction take over the CRM since the peaceful route was either taking too long or was not working at all in this timeline?
 

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Kennedy was a private racist all his life. He had opposed every Civil Rights Act, including the 1957 and had to be convinced againts abstained from voting for the 1960 Act.

Johnson was a man who had been committed to Civil Rights and abhorred racism in his personal life. As Majority Leader he had helped pass both the '57 and '60 Acts, under some heavy pressure. Ditto, Nixon who was a progressive. So, sans LBJ, the thing never gets off the ground.
 
Johnson abhorred racism in his personal life

Not that much, says this article. He did advocate for Civil Rights, but was personally harsh to the black guys he met.

I also don't believe in the notion that Kennedy would not have pushed for Civil Rights that much. By 1963, he was all geared up for that, and, even if he had less of a push, leaders such as Hubert Humphrey, Mike Mansfield, Everett Dirksen and others would have pushed for greater Civil Rights actions ala 1964 IOTL.

And with LBJ retained as Senate Majority Leader ITTL, well, he wasn't called the "Master of the Senate" for nothing, so, he can even have more influence in the Senate to push for greater Civil Rights reforms.
 
At least from the AlternateHistoryHub video, it seems that JFK wouldn't have done as well as LBJ at passing the Civil Rights Act given that he was from the North and thus had less leverage with the Southern Democrats. Don't see all that much evidence to suggest JFK was significantly more racist than LBJ.
 
. . . Title XI (banning discrimination based on sex in the education system) in 1965 and 1972 . . .
It was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that sex was added by a southern Congressman as a poison pill. But it was accepted and became part of the Act.

Title IX itself was passed in 1972 as part of education amendments.
 
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