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John Vliet Lindsay (/ v l iː t /; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer. During his political career, Lindsay was a U.S. congressman, mayor of New York City, and candidate for U.S. president.
13 de may. de 2010 · “America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York” is on view through Oct. 3 at the Museum of the City of New York, Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street; (212) 534-1672, mcny.org.
30 de abr. de 2014 · The history, policies, and legacy of John Lindsay, mayor of New York City from 1966 to 1973.Summer in the City takes a clear look at John Lindsay’s tenure as mayor of New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, when President Lyndon Johnson launched his ambitious Great Society Program.
26 de oct. de 2015 · Fifty years ago, John V. Lindsay was elected Mayor of New York City. He was a liberal Republican, a species not uncommon in the Northeast after the Second World War. But Lindsay was one of the last, already bucking a trend: he would not get the Republican nomination when he ran for re-election in 1969. Instead, he won on the Liberal Party line ...
10 de oct. de 2010 · America’s Mayor: John V. Lindsay and the Reinvention of New York examines the dramatic times and controversial tenure (1966-1973) of New York’s 103rd mayor. The exhibition presents Lindsay’s efforts to lead a city amid the political and social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s; it also highlights Mayor Lindsay’s ambitious initiatives to ...
Three decades before Rudolph Giuliani was dubbed “America’s Mayor,” John V. Lindsay was, for a time, the urban leader to whom the whole nation looked. Young, energetic, and idealistic, he campaigned on a platform of change and optimism. Lindsay’s agenda included many of the signature liberal policies of the day—support for civil ...
ABOVE: Mayor John Lindsay with demonstrators at the groundbreaking for Flatlands Industrial Park in Brooklyn, July 19, 1966. Black and Puerto Rican organizations had denounced the groundbreaking, shouting “Jim Crow Must Go,” until Lindsay arrived and was cheered by the crowd. ©Neal Boenzi/The New York Times
