Selected Speeches and Messages - LBJ Library - Lyndon Baines Johnson …
Browse a selected number of speeches and messages made by Lyndon B. Johnson from his pre-presidential to his post-presidential years.
Johnson, "We Shall Overcome," Speech Text - Voices of Democracy
lyndon b. johnson, “we shall overcome” (15 march 1965) [1] Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the Congress: [2] I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy.
Lyndon B. Johnson - Top 10 Greatest Speeches - TIME
Lyndon Johnson. The American Promise, 1965. In the wake of the ugly violence perpetuated against civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama in 1965, Johnson adapted the "We Shall Overcome"...
Great Society Speech - Teaching American History
Oct 3, 2024 · The Great Society, the largest expansion of the welfare state since the New Deal, was the idea of President Lyndon Johnson. The primary goals of the Great Society were to eliminate racial inequality and bring an end to poverty.
LBJ Presidential Library | Research
Remarks of President Johnson at the LBJ Library Dedication, May 22, 1971 The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78705 • 512.721.0200
Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise
Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise. March 15, 1965. Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the Congress: I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny of democracy. I urge every member of both parties, Americans of all religions and of all colors, from every section of this country, to join me in that cause.
Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia
Lyndon Baines Johnson (/ ˈ l ɪ n d ə n ˈ b eɪ n z /; August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy , under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963.
Lyndon B. Johnson - Howard University Commencement Address
Freedom is the right to share, share fully and equally, in American society -- to vote, to hold a job, to enter a public place, to go to school. It is the right to be treated in every part of our national life as a person equal in dignity and promise to all others. But freedom is not enough.
American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson - Let Us Continue
Full text and audio mp3 and video excerpt of Lyndon Baines Johnson Let Us Continue Address to the Nation.
President Johnson's Address to the Nation, 3/31/68. MP600.
President Johnson's Address to the Nation, March 31, 1968. Index terms: Speeches; March 31; Vietnam; WH; Bombing Halt; Campaign 68. LBJ Library video MP 600 donated by CBS.
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