LBJ is a two-part television documentary film about Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. The American Experience documentary program recounts Johnson's life from his ...

On March 31, 1968, at 9:00 p.m., Lyndon B. Johnson sat behind the large wooden desk he had used since his days in the Senate and addressed the American people from the Oval Office.

As President, Johnson began to push for what he called “The Great Society.” With the backing of Congress Johnson’s “Great Society” resulted in the passing of prominent programs including ...

When Lyndon B. Johnson became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, ... “We will build a Great Society,” he told a gathering at Ohio University in Athens, ...

MAN OF THE YEAR (See Cover) There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood in 1964, led on to fame for Lyndon Baines Johnson. From that November afternoon when he made it clear ...

On March 31, 1968, at 9:00 p.m., Lyndon B. Johnson sat behind the large wooden desk he had used since his days in the Senate and addressed the American people from the Oval Office.

On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood before 70,000 people in the University of Michigan stadium and delivered his now-famous commencement address in which he spoke of a new beginning ...

An archived copy of the Michigan Daily newspaper from 1964, documenting President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” speech. Screengrab taken from Michigan Daily Digital Archives October 1, 2024.

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.

President Joe Biden is set to visit the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin to deliver a Monday speech marking the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.. The speech ...

After the atrocities of Bloody Sunday, President Lyndon B. Johnson called out in 1965 for voting and civil rights , stating “Their cause must be our cause too.” ...