The most surprising moments from LBJ’s secretly recorded calls - CNN
Feb 16, 2022 · Lyndon Johnson called Martin Luther King Jr. shortly after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 to tell him his plan to pass federal civil rights legislation as a tribute to Kennedy.
Examining President LBJ's Legacy, 50 Years After His Death
Jan 19, 2023 · Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States and the architect of some of the most significant federal social welfare programs like Medicare and Medicaid, died fifty years ago...
In His Final Days, LBJ Agonized Over His Legacy | PBS News
Dec 4, 2012 · Forty years ago this month, Lyndon Johnson was agonized to know that Americans thought of him as the architect not of equal rights and Medicare but the hated Vietnam War.
Robert Caro's last book on LBJ likely won't be delayed by ...
Jun 15, 2023 · NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro’s fifth volume on Lyndon Johnson, one of the book world’s most long-awaited publications, is unlikely to be delayed by the death of his longtime editor, publishing luminary Robert Gottlieb.
Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia
Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy , under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.
Biden's withdrawal from the race has echoes of LBJ : NPR
Jul 29, 2024 · Biden's withdrawal from the race has echoes of LBJ. Left: President Lyndon B. Johnson announcing he will not seek or accept the nomination for re-election and orders a halt to the bombing of...
‘Window into history': Tapes detail LBJ’s stolen election
Apr 1, 2023 · A former Texas voting official was on the record detailing how nearly three decades earlier, votes were falsified to give Johnson, then a congressman, a win that propelled the future president into the U.S. Senate.
What happened when former President Lyndon B. Johnson chose …
Jul 3, 2024 · Most recently, in 1968, Lyndon B. Johnson shocked the country when he made the surprise announcement that he would not run at the end of an Oval Office speech on his plan to limit US military...
Biden confronts his own LBJ’s choice : NPR
Jul 11, 2024 · The first Democrat in Congress to go public urging President Biden to end his reelection campaign this month cited a potent historical precedent — the decision by President Lyndon B. Johnson...
LBJ and his monumental presidency - CBS News
Jan 22, 2023 · It is an indelible image: aboard Air Force One, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president, flanked by his wife Lady...