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, ...

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 ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two-way radio: "One to Mike, One to Mike!" Secret Service Agent Mike Howard, riding behind the President's aqua vehicle in a more sedate station wagon ...

president. How did he do it? There is a wonderful photo of Lyndon Johnson and Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas. Johnson is towering over Fortas, smiling and invading his space as the jurist ...

This shift became more pronounced in the 1960s with the next president on this list. 3. Into the Modern Era: Lyndon B.

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson ... In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice ...

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