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Lyndon B. Johnson became president after JFK was assassinated. In the White House, he passed bills prohibiting discrimination, but the ongoing Vietnam War created controversy during his presidency.
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Turning now to “LBJ” - Lyndon Baines Johnson. Before becoming the 36th president Johnson taught at an elementary school in Texas. LBJ was elected to the U.S ...
Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States and the architect of some of the most significant federal social welfare programs like Medicare and Medicaid, died fifty years ago on Jan ...
On July 14th, 1965, then President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Older Americans Act (OAA) into law, which helps provide comprehensive services to older adults.
Did President Lyndon B. Johnson Applaud the Smothers Brothers for Mocking Him? An image shows a kind letter supposedly sent to the Smothers Brothers by LBJ about their repeated mocking of him.
In March 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nearly 40 minutes into a speech on the Vietnam War when he closed with a stunning announcement: He would not seek another term.
President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket.
President Lyndon B. Johnson also had a "blind" trust created for his television station. In 1943, Lady Bird Johnson purchased a small radio station in Austin, Texas for $17,500.
Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the most consequential US presidents, ... 379570 25: President Lyndon Johnson meets with presidential candidate Richard Nixon July 26, 1968 at the White House.
President Lyndon B. Johnson works on a speech in the White House Cabinet Room on March 30, 1968. He announced the next day that he would not seek or accept the Democratic nomination for reelection.
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.