In March 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nearly 40 minutes into a speech on the Vietnam War when he closed with a stunning announcement: He would not seek another term. From the Oval Office ...

Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963; Johnson ran in his own right in 1964, winning in a landslide.

Lyndon Johnson’s shift to politics was prompted in part by the advice of College President Evans, who saw Johnson’s possibilities as limitless if he were properly pushed by stiff competition.

Most people don't realize how important Lyndon B. Johnson was to the U.S. space program. Here's a look at LBJ's space legacy, 50 years after his death.

Description. This lesson explores the first 100 days of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. The lesson, which features Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer, opens with ...

When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights ...

Vice President Johnson was riding two cars behind the Kennedys with Lady Bird, ... Nation: Lyndon Johnson; Nation: Lyndon Johnson. 3 minute read. TIME. December 4, 1964 12:00 AM GMT-5.

Lyndon Baines Johnson would fall asleep at night and imagine himself tied to the ground surrounded by thousands of voices, he once told Doris Kearns Goodwin. “They were all shouting at me and ...

When President Lyndon B. Johnson stopped in Portland for a campaign visit 60 years ago Saturday, throngs of supporters filled the streets from the airport to City Hall.

It was more than five decades ago, on March 31, 1968, that President Lyndon Johnson stunned American television viewers by announcing he wasn’t running for re-election. The news came amid ...

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