The Trinity: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights in African American Memory, Conversation with Dr. Sharron Wilkins Conrad

A striking triptych once displayed in countless African American households, the Trinity typically features Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy. Drawing on decades of oral histories, cultural analysis and community memory, Conrad traces the Trinity across several decades, showing how African Americans didn’t merely remember the civil rights movement; they shaped its meaning. The Trinity reveals why Kennedy’s image hung beside King and Christ, while Lyndon B. Johnson, despite signing landmark legislation such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act, remained largely unheralded. The Museum welcomes historian Dr. Sharron Wilkins Conrad author of The Trinity: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon D. Johnson and Civil Rights in African American Memory. In this book Dr. Conrad reveals how African Americans came to revere John F. Kennedy as a civil rights hero while viewing Lyndon Johnson’s legacy through a more complicated lens. A longtime educator, scholar and former Director of… View Source