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 ...

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great ...

But Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, did things differently. Rather than plan elaborate fine-dining meals served on precious China, he impressed people by keeping true ...

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Welcome to the Texas Canon, a series that dives into the movies, TV shows, books, albums and more that represent us and reach far beyond the Lone Star State's borders. Today, we look at Robert Caro's ...

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 ...