Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act as ... opinion and pushing the federal government to act. His marches, speeches and direct engagement with politicians brought national attention ...

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Today’s speech was a sharp departure from ‘American carnage ... And, sworn in aboard Air Force One after John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal. Trump’s ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in ... racial gap in median income has improved only slightly since LBJ's 1965 speech. The median ...

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An exception was Lyndon B. Johnson, who, following the tragic death ... Unusual presidential speeches The inauguration of a U.S. President includes taking the oath and delivering an inaugural ...

What started as a simple swearing in of George Washington on April 30, 1789 in Federal Hall in New York City has evolved into a massive, public spectacle with speeches ... Kennedy. Lyndon B. Johnson ...

His speech also contained a more personal message for participants ... On that Friday, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. Widely viewed as a milestone of ...

Lyndon B. Johnson deploys Army after Martin Luther ... except in the most extraordinary circumstances,” he said in a speech. Days of violence ensued after, the night before, white officers ...

The case was about whether the government could prevent The New York Times and The Washington Post from publishing secret documents that demonstrated that American generals had been misleading ...

Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, moved indoors due to intense cold, will begin at noon ET. But festivities will start earlier when the incoming president arrives for service at St. John’s Episcopal ...