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President LBJ Wrestled With Social Justice, War, and Unrest. His Legacy Is Still Relevant
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Johnson in the Oval Office, shortly before addressing the nation on Nov. 28, 1963, five...
Celebrating July 2, America's other Independence Day
CBS News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoOn July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act, ending our nation's apartheid. Mark Updegrove, president & CEO of the LBJ...
When a liberal president goes to war: Lessons of the LBJ era are relevant today
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLyndon B Johnson and Joe Biden Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Hey! Hey! LBJ! How many kids...
LBJ's daughter Luci watched him sign voting rights bill, then cried when Supreme Court weakened it
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoLuci Baines Johnson was a somewhat impatient 18-year-old on Aug. 6, 1965, when she happened to be on...
It’s not too late for Joe Biden or Donald Trump to drop out. But it’s nearly impossible thanks to...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWASHINGTON — Some voters probably still hope Joe Biden or Donald Trump - or both - will do what...
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Revisited 'History is ... relevant again': LBJ scholar says passage of...
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 3—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Daniel Perkins recalls growing up in a Greater Johnstown of the 1950s and 1960s that felt safe and friendly to him, but also divided, with areas he knew to avoid because ...
James W. Pfister: Had John F. Kennedy lived: A speculation
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNews of the release of materials on the John F. Kennedy assassination sparked memories of the event...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ's Great Society – affirmative action
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPresident Lyndon Johnson delivers the commencement address at Howard University on June 4, 1965. Of...
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book shows insight into 1960s politics
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThroughout the 1960s, Doris Kearns and Richard Goodwin, who eventually married but didn’t meet each...