There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood in 1964, led on to fame for Lyndon Baines ... that proved Johnson’s most exacting domestic test. Less than two weeks after Dallas ...

Lyndon Johnson was ... War would come to be seen as Johnson's war. It would dominate not only his entire foreign policy, but overshadow his ambitious domestic programs. In July 1964, the ...

When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he expected to sign the Voting Rights Act ...

For many Americans, the presidency of Lyndon Johnson ... a hallmark of Johnson’s effectiveness. President Johnson’s legacy isn’t perfect. Whether in foreign or domestic policy, many of ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two ... In "The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson," Joseph A. Califano Jr., Johnson's chief domestic adviser, writes, "Life at the ranch would always ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson attending Commencement Exercises at the University of Michigan, May 22, 1964. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton. Johnson describes his domestic agenda and vision for ...

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, ...

President Lyndon B ... When Johnson became Vice President in 1963, his staff "urged him to sell the station" to avoid potential conflicts of interest. Len Costa, A Wink And A Nod, Legal Affairs ...

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative ...