Lyndon Johnson hired Geri Whittington as his secretary because she was the most qualified. She was also the first Black woman ...

At the beginning of 1968, no one could have predicted the reception that would greet President Lyndon Baines Johnson as he entered St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan on the afternoon of Thursday ...

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great ...

While these personal hygiene habits may not warrant impeachment, they reveal that presidents, too, have their quirks just ...

Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led to Lyndon Johnson assuming the presidency in 1963.

Head Start program directors and families are deeply concerned over a Trump administration proposal to cut its funding completely. The proposed change would impact more than 20,000 children and ...

Plainly, Lyndon Johnson has been working hard to mold himself ... Carefully modulating his voice into a gentle low key, the President talked about his poverty program and how he proposes to ...

The river crested on April 16 at 26.4 feet in St. Paul, setting a record that remains intact 60 years later. Dozens of other ...

Born in poverty in Texas Hill Country, President Johnson delivered an unsurpassed series of momentous legislation, including the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act. Yet by 1968 he was so toxically ...

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great Society” — but the shadow of Vietnam loomed over the White House.