Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...

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 Act ...

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 ...

The President’s annual State of the Union ... As such, it is always awaited with expectation. This week, as Lyndon B. Johnson goes before a nationwide television audience with his third State ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1965 (UPI) - Lyndon ... hand raised, Johnson intoned after the chief justice: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United ...

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson informed the nation last night that he has ordered a total halt of bombing of North Vietnam. The television announcement came after an hour-and-a-half White House ...

Joining a slew of other vehicles formerly owned by American presidents that have come to market of late, Lyndon B. Johnson's convertible ... which is why they are sought after in the first place.

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years ... winning a Silver Star in the South Pacific. After six terms in the ...

Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson, arguing that for all four ... helping to bring down the administration of President Lyndon Johnson.