Alphabetically arranged entries provide a comprehensive overview of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, profiling key members of his administration and examining crucial events, policies, and issues of the era. Includes a chronology and a selection of primary documents.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the laws that changed America
Kotz, Nick
2006
Examines the relationship between President Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. in the aftermath of John Kennedy's assassination and in relation to the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Kennedy, Johnson, and the origins of the Vietnam War
Kaiser, David E.
2000
Uses archival sources and official documentation to examine the role Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson had in the beginnings of the Vietnam war.
The second volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, which chronicles his service in World War II and examines the controversy surrounding his win in the 1948 Texas Democratic senatorial primary by eighty-seven votes.
A biography of Lyndon Johnson ranging from his birth to his death in 1973. Includes interviews with Lady Bird, John Kenneth Galbraith, J. William Fulbright, Larry O'Brien, Hubert Humphrey, and hundreds of others.
Lyndon B. Johnson's pivotal first day as president
Gillon, Steven M
2009
Chronicles the events that took place within the twenty-four hours after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and discusses Lyndon B. Johnson's ascension to power.
Describes the social reform work done by President Johnson and the significant legislative accomplishments through which he hoped to help blacks and the poor of America.
Explores the photographs of the official White House photographer, Cecil Stoughton, and describes how his pictures of the smooth succession of power after Kennedy's assassination reassured many shocked Americans.
