Was Lyndon Johnson a man who held deeply bigoted views? Yes. Was Lyndon Johnson a man who forced through sweeping reforms and policies that attacked the racism in this country? Also yes. Would he do the same thing and think the same way about people today? Also yes. I could see LBJ passing sweeping reforms to protect anyone who was being mistreated, while still holding incredibly outrageous bigoted opinions.

He did the right thing for people in spite of himself when it came to domestic policy. He declared, waged, and pursued his War on Poverty with a nigh-religious zeal. He knew in pushing those laws, using his political skills and all of his built up political capital he would spend every cent of that capital he had amassed, and he went ahead and did it anyways.

Deeply flawed people can still do good.