Lyndon Johnson hired Geri Whittington as his secretary because she was the most qualified. She was also the first Black woman ...

President Trump has embarked on a systematic effort to unravel Lyndon B. Johnson's civil ... it's breathtaking." 1965: Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act after the attack on unarmed peaceful ...

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

Lyndon Johnson would likely recognize the Republicans today who pledge unflinching loyalty to President Donald Trump, in the hope of climbing the political ladder. Johnson was on the opposite side ...

President Trump's latest DEI directive repeals an executive order on nondiscrimination signed by President 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 ... winning a Silver Star in the South Pacific. After six terms in the ...

The 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s famous March 15, 1965, voting rights speech is an important reminder of the power of moral suasion when applied in support of basic democratic ...

Soon after announcing his plan ... not unlike that faced long ago under different circumstances by President Lyndon B. Johnson," Doggett said. "Today’s courageous action caps decades of selfless ...

Dedicated to the 36th president of the United States, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library ... depicting the day he became president (after John F. Kennedy’s assassination) to his oval ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson, left, next to former President Harry S. Truman, signs into law the measure creating Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. AP Photo ...