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 Lyndon B. Johnson attending Commencement Exercises at the University of Michigan, May 22, 1964. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton. Johnson describes his domestic agenda and vision for ...