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, ...

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

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

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 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 ...

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

But Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United ... and grew even stronger when he became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Johnson's first formal state dinner was ...

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great Society” — but the shadow of Vietnam loomed over the White House.

"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 ...