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Each section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, explained
Decades later, the Civil Rights Act is still a critical piece of American legislation.
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Lyndon B. Johnson, the Great Society, and the Vietnam War
An overview of Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Analyze the effects of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed under the Lyndon Johnson administration during the Vietnam War
In August 1964, in response to an alleged attack by North Vietnamese patrol boats...
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Discover the effect of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive on American morale despite the attack's failure
The Tet Offensive was a military failure for the Viet Cong, but, at the same time,...
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”I shall not seek, and I will not accept …”
On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson stunned the nation by announcing he...
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Examine how demonstrations against the Vietnam War led President Lyndon Johnson to not seek reelection
In March 1968, with protests against the Vietnam War growing, U.S. Pres. Lyndon B....
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Watch Democrats campaigning in the 1960 U.S. presidential primaries
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Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson standing in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington,...
LBJ Library photo by Arnold Newman
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Lyndon B. Johnson (left), c. 1915.
National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Lyndon B. Johnson: 1937 campaign poster
Poster for Lyndon B. Johnson's first political campaign, 1937.
LBJ Library photo by UT Photographic Services
Lyndon B. Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson
Jacqueline Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson standing by U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson...
Lyndon B. Johnson Library Photo
Lyndon B. Johnson: speech card
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson's notes for his brief address at Andrews Air Force Base,...
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum
Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lyndon Johnson
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson talking with Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Oval Office...
Yoichi Okamoto/Lyndon B. Johnson Library Photo
Civil Rights Act and Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson preparing to sign the Civil Rights Act during a ceremony...
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act as Martin Luther King,...
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum; photograph, Cecil Stoughton
Lyndon B. Johnson: Medicare
Former U.S. president Harry S. Truman (right) looking on as U.S. Pres. Lyndon B....
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Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda...
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum; photograph, Robert Knudsen
Architect of the “Great Society”
Lyndon B. Johnson got passed some of the most consequential social legislation in...
White House Collection
Lyndon B. Johnson campaign button
Button from Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 U.S. presidential campaign.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Lyndon B. Johnson campaign button
Button from Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 U.S. presidential campaign.
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Lyndon B. Johnson: button and ribbon
Commemorative button and ribbon from Lyndon B. Johnson's inauguration as U.S. president,...
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Creighton Abrams and Lyndon B. Johnson
Creighton Abrams, U.S. commander in South Vietnam, speaking as Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson...
U.S. Department of Defense
Walter Cronkite and Lyndon B. Johnson
Walter Cronkite (left) interviewing Lyndon B. Johnson, 1971.
Frank Wolfe/The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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White House meeting of civil rights leaders in 1963
American civil rights leaders meeting with government officials at the White House...
Cecil Stoughton—Official White House Photo/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
John F. Kennedy assassinated
The front page of the Chicago Tribune on November 23, 1963, the day after...
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Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1969.
Yoichi R. Okamoto, The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum/National Archives and Records Administration
Eugene J. McCarthy meeting with Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera) in the Cabinet...
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Patterson, Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass Patterson (left) with Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House, Washington...
Cecil Stoughton/Lyndon B. Johnson Library Photo
Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey inaugural pin, featuring an image of John F. Kennedy...
Collection of David J. and Janice L. Frent
J. William Fulbright (left) and Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson speaking at the signing ceremony for the Voting Rights...
LBJ Library photo by Frank Wolfe
Warren Commission
Members of the Warren Commission presenting their report to U.S. Pres. Lyndon B....
Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum; photograph, Cecil Stoughton
William Westmoreland; Lyndon B. Johnson
William Westmoreland meeting with U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House,...
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Lawrence O'Brien and Lyndon B. Johnson
Lawrence O'Brien (left) and Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
American presidential election, 1964
Results of the American presidential election, 1964. Sources: Electoral and popular...
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Lyndon B. Johnson: key events
Key events in the life of Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Civil Rights Act and Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson addressing the nation as he signs the Civil Rights Act,...
Lyndon B. Johnson: accession to the presidency
Lyndon B. Johnson at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, after his swearing-in as president...
Lyndon B. Johnson: oath of office
Lyndon B. Johnson taking the presidential oath of office aboard Air Force One, November...
Lyndon B. Johnson announcing that he would not seek renomination
U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson announcing that he would not seek renomination, March...

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Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson
At a glance: the Johnson presidency
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