The life and times of LBJ 07:39. It is an indelible image: aboard Air Force One, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president ...

Lyndon Johnson did not initiate American involvement in Vietnam. Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy laid the groundwork for U.S. intervention. But the Vietnam War would come to be seen as Johnson's war.

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.

On March 15th, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke before Congress, calling for legislation to protect the voting rights of all Americans On March 15th, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke ...

Lyndon B. Johnson is one of the most consequential US presidents, responsible for passing some of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern history, including the Civil Rights Act of ...

A lesson about Lyndon Johnson and Joe Biden for progressives in doubt If you think about the history, LBJ was a surprising progressive standard bearer. Biden will be, too. Neera Tanden.

President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the nation in a radio and television broadcast from the White House in 1968. In his speech, the president told the nation he would not run for reelection. (AP ...

Lyndon Johnson earned money as a boy by shining shoes. The Kennedys, another commentator notes, knew nothing about race—and JFK was reluctant to do anything about civil rights.