Lyndon Johnson ... 28-year-old Johnson, who was battling for the 10th Congressional District in Central Texas in a special election triggered by the death of U.S. Rep. James B.

President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two-way radio: "One to Mike, One to Mike!" Secret Service Agent Mike Howard, riding behind the President's aqua vehicle in a more sedate station wagon ...

Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...

Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall ...

President Trump's directive to eliminate "diversity, equity and inclusion" efforts in government led to the repeal of a ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson's Special Address to Congress on Voting Rights; U.S. Capitol, Washington, LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton. Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the Congress ...

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with social justice.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led ...

One president emerged as a pivotal figure in the progression of the Civil Rights Movement and that was Lyndon B. Johnson.

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative ...