President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who ...

Photos from that day reveal a petulant kid ... I used to pop by the LBJ Library and watch the animatronic Lyndon Johnson cycle through his prerecorded humorous anecdotes like a cornpone Chuck ...

UniversalImagesGroup//Getty Images Lyndon B. Johnson in talks with Civil Rights leaders in the White House, including Martin Luther King, Jr. By Christmas 1963, Whittington's presence was quietly ...

Johnson took over as president in 1963 following ... but chose not to run in the 1952 election (Getty Images) Taking over after the death of one of the most consequential presidents in American ...

Johnson at his desk in November 1957 Bettman via Getty Images On August 7, 1957, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson voted yea on the first civil rights bill passed by Congress in 82 years.

President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House, Jan. 21, 1965. Bettmann Archive via Getty Images The announcement sent shock waves across the world. Johnson, a paragon of power, was relinquishing ...

Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States when John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963. After finishing Kennedy's term, Johnson ran in his own right and won the ...

U.S. president Lyndon B Johnson announces he will not seek re-election in a televised 1968 speech, Washington, D.C. Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images The President decided to attend church ...

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.