▁increasing ▁national ▁aw aren ess ▁through ▁campaign s ▁in ▁the ▁South . ▁Mitchell ▁helped ▁secure ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁era ' s ▁critical ▁civil ▁rights ▁legisl ation : ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁the ▁V oting ▁Rights ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁and ▁the ▁Fair ▁H ous ing ▁Act ▁( Title ▁VIII ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 8 ). ▁He ▁was ▁nick named ▁" the ▁ 1 0 1 st ▁U . S . ▁Senator ." ▁ ▁President ▁Ly nd on ▁B . ▁Johnson ▁also ▁led ▁his ▁administration ' s ▁War ▁on ▁P over ty . ▁He ▁appointed ▁Daniel ▁Patrick ▁Mo yn ih an ▁as ▁Ass istant ▁Secretary ▁of ▁Labor . ▁Mitchell ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁some ▁in ▁the ▁black ▁community ▁for ▁his ▁support ▁of ▁Mo yn ih an ▁during ▁this ▁period , ▁as ▁the ▁latter ▁had ▁written ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁book ▁analyz ing ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁family ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁pover ty . ▁Mo yn ih an ▁later ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁noted ▁U . S . ▁Senator ▁from ▁New ▁York . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Mitchell ▁def ended ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Israel ▁during ▁its ▁war ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁against ▁Arab ▁states ▁and ▁was ▁critic ized ▁by ▁some . ▁Mitchell ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁African - American ▁leaders ▁with ▁whom ▁President ▁Johnson ▁met ▁after ▁Rev . ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King ▁Jr ., ▁was ▁assass in ated