President Lyndon B. Johnson was the nominee. Thelma supported Johnson. Milton did not. He and other white Mississippi delegates passed the following resolution before the convention: “We oppose, ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that authority in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. That incident is now in the spotlight ...

Lyndon Johnson became president on Air Force One after John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and Gerald Ford took the oath of office at the White House after Richard Nixon resigned.

Description This lesson explores the first 100 days of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. The lesson, which features Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer, opens with ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 1965, to outline his proposals for voting rights for all citizens.

The inaugural committee threw a huge affair at the National Gallery to welcome Bess Truman, the Cabinet wives, the Kennedy and Johnson ladies, and other women of importance; the hall became a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Yesterday, President Donald Trump launched a new assault on civil rights and efforts to combat workplace discrimination by signing an executive order rescinding Executive Order ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla may receive an invitation to Washington, D.C., next year to attend the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

And, sworn in aboard Air Force One after John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal. Also, who holds the Bible during the inaugural ceremony isn’t spelled out.