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President Lyndon B. Johnson, a rough-and-tumble Texan, simultaneously held the Eastern establishment in contempt and understood the need to cultivate its leaders.
Subject of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963 Description A color digital image of President Lyndon B. Johnson ...
Looking back at the last time a president didn't seek reelection Lyndon B. Johnson was the last eligible president to not seek reelection in 1968, but the circumstances and timing were much different.
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked a joint session of Congress to respond to the brutal beatings of protesters in Selma, Alabama, by passing a federal Voting Rights Act that would ...
In one of the more bizarre video series on TikTok right now, a man regularly visits a cemetery to perform today's top music hits 'for President Lyndon B. Johnson.' Of course, he's not actually ...
President Lyndon B. Johnson prepares to make a televised announcement that he will not seek reelection. by Corbis/Getty Images. Lady Bird Johnson could see the tears on her husband’s face.
Read full article: Swimmer dies from rare amoeba at Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, officials say A Travis County resident died after swimming in Lake Lyndon B. Johnson and falling ill from an amebic ...
When Lyndon B. Johnson Chose the Middle Ground on Civil Rights—and Disappointed Everyone Always a dealmaker, then-senator LBJ negotiated with segregationists to pass a bill that cautiously ...
Lyndon Johnson hired Geri Whittington as his secretary because she was the most qualified. She was also the first Black woman to hold it and became a symbol of the Civil Rights Era.
President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.
Make the barbecue recipe served at LBJ's not-running-for-reelection party In 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson celebrated the end of his presidential career like any Texan would: with BBQ ribs.
Newly released audio recordings from 1977 show details into former president Lyndon B. Johnson's controversial Senate victory made possible through falsified votes.