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Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ 1964 Attack Ad
Watch the famous LBJ attack ad from 1964 where a little girl picks at a daisy, before a mushroom cloud absorbs the screen.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ reprimands Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
March 1, 1965 – In this heated phone conversation, President Lyndon B. Johnson reprimands Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (D-NY) for holding up an education bill in the House of Representatives.
Lyndon B. Johnson
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society
As part of his State of the Union address on January 4, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson spoke of his Great Society – a set of domestic programs aimed at the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. President Johnson first mentioned the term “Great Society” during a speech at Ohio University … Continue reading
Freedom Riders
President Johnson and J. Edgar Hoover Discuss National Security
Hear a phone call between President Lyndon B. Johnson and J. Edgar Hoover where they address open investigations, the status of FBI informants, and three civil rights volunteers who disappeared from Mississippi in 1964.
Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Johnson on the Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson explains the importance of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and speaks about what passing it means to him after signing it on April 11, 1968.
