Challenges: Lyndon B. Johnson dealt with racial unrest as well as anti-war protests ... Johnson established the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities in 1966.

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 ...

Broadcast of Lyndon B. Johnson's “We Shall Overcome” speech, given during the civil-rights movement shortly after events in Selma, Alabama. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age ...

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 ...

July 28, 1966: Members of the maintenance crew for ... but as Air Force One with President Lyndon Johnson aboard. The special military version Boeing 707 is now on display at the United States ...

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 ...

University of Virginia Press In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson asked John Steinbeck to ... Between December 1966 and May 1967, Steinbeck wrote 86 stories for the newspaper. Those columns ...