The 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s famous March 15, 1965, voting rights speech is an important reminder of the power of moral suasion when applied in support of basic democratic ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led ...

This work is a one volume abridgment of Dallek's 2-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson v. 1. Lone star rising (1991); v. 2, Flawed giant (1998). The making of a politician -- The Congressman -- The ...

Johnson told his vice president, Hubert Humphrey, about the new ending that morning, but informed key cabinet members only minutes before going on the air. As he sat in the Oval Office, his family ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about Lyndon Johnson's first speech to Congress after becoming ...

Until this past weekend, it had been 60 years since a U.S. president federalized a state's National Guard force without the cooperation of its governor. President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nearly 60 years ago, the president and first lady visited Middle Tennessee — and archival photographs show they were booked and busy one fateful March day. Historical notes ...

And plus, you know, it was a time, much more than this one, where there were big issues at stake, because when Lyndon Johnson went home to the Elms that evening, no vice presidential residents in ...