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

At the beginning of 1968, no one could have predicted the reception that would greet President Lyndon Baines ... was doing as president. After dropping his campaign, Johnson was by all accounts ...

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

Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about Lyndon Johnson's first speech to Congress after becoming president in 1963. This clip presents two excerpts ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.