In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted ...

Wednesday will mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of legislation that was signed ...

March 13, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, center, and Alabama Gov. George Wallace (second left) are surrounded by reporters in the White House after meeting to discuss events in Selma, Ala.

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 ...