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 ...

For many Americans, the presidency of Lyndon Johnson is a distant memory marked by tragedy—the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin ...

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, ...

Mr. Dallek is the author of Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960. It is the first part of a two-volume biography. His other works concerning the U.S. presidency include ...

OGDEN — Lyndon Johnson stepped down as Ben Lomond’s head football coach following an 0-10 finish to his sixth season with the team. Ogden School District made the position publicly available ...

Nixon on January 20, 1969, Lyndon Johnson returned to Texas, where his political career had begun nearly forty years before. He wrote his memoirs, The Vantage Point, taught students, and attended the ...