Williams was Montana’s longest-serving House member, holding office from 1979 until his retirement in 1997. A New Deal-style Democrat who idolized Franklin D. Roosevelt, he advocated on behalf ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

Object Details Author Woods, Randall Bennett 1944-Subject Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Contents The paradox of reform -- "I am a Roosevelt New Dealer"; liberalism ascendant -- Funding ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.