In his 1965 inaugural address, President Lyndon B. Johnson accentuated the idea of America as a spiritual quest for freedom from both tyranny and misery. In his clarion call for reform, LBJ argued ...

In this July 2, 1964, file photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign ...

Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson. July 31, 2015. Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 ... “What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of America.

When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act on October 3, 1965, on a blustery day in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, he announced the end of discrimination in ...

In this Aug. 10, 1964 file photo, President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Joint Resolution for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security, also known as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ...

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.

Often, the 36th President called to mind the Duke of Kent’s lament for King Lear: “A good man’s fortune may grow out at heels.” Whether Johnson was a good man to begin with is disputed by ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson wrestled with social justice, war, and unrest. Here's how his legacy is still relevant to America today. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV ...