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Home / Society / History / By Region / North America / United States / Presidents / Johnson, Lyndon Baines
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- Character Above All - Excerpt from an essay by Robert Dallek reflects on the issues and events that molded Lyndon B. Johnson. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/newshour/character/essays/johnson.html
- Equal Rights speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson's famous speech on equal rights delivered March, 1965.
www.tamu.edu/scom/pres/speeches/lbjoercome.html
- Inaugural Address 1965 - Complete text of LBJ's speech on January 20, 1965. Includes background information.
www.bartleby.com/124/pres57.html
- LBJ Goes for Broke - Smithsonian magazine offers excerpt from Caro's Master of the Senate book. Chronicles Johnson's 1957 attempt to pass the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/jun02/lbj.html
- LBJ in the Oval Office - Listen to some of LBJ's most important speeches and peer into the Oval Office through secretly recorded conversations made by Johnson during his presidency.
www.hpol.org/lbj
- Lyndon B. Johnson - Short biography from the official White House site.
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html
- Lyndon Baines Johnson - Brief biography from the Lucidcafé Library.
www.lucidcafe.com/library/95aug/lbj.html
- Lyndon Baines Johnson - General biography of LBJ also includes links to transcripts of his State of the Union addresses.
www.lnstar.com/mall/texasinfo/lbj.htm
- Lyndon Johnson: A Brief Biography - Examines the life of Lyndon Johnson including his early career, presidency, and retirement.
www.libraryreference.org/johnson.html
- Master of the Senate - First Chapter - The first chapter of Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson in the April 28, 2002 edition of the New York Times. Free registration required.
www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/books/chapters/0428-1st-caro.html
- POTUS: Lyndon Baines Johnson - Background information, election results, cabinet members, and links.
www.potus.com/lbjohnson.html
- President Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum - Includes photo and audio archives, telephone recordings, transcripts of oral history interviews, Johnson's daily diary, answers to FAQ, and virtual exhibits.
www.lbjlib.utexas.edu
- Renunciation speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson announces he will not seek another term of office in this March, 1968 speech.
www.tamu.edu/scom/pres/speeches/lbjrenounce.html
- The American President: Lyndon B. Johnson - Fact file and comprehensive biographical sketch based on PBS series. Also includes gallery and quotations.
www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/LBJ/LBJ_In_Brief.htm
- The Great Society speech - Lyndon Baines Johnson's Great Society speech delivered May, 1964 in Michigan.
www.tamu.edu/scom/pres/speeches/lbjgreat.html
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