Martin Luther King Jr. Death Announcement
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite announces the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, and President Lyndon Johnson makes a statement.
17,381 viewsCBS News anchor Walter Cronkite announces the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, and President Lyndon Johnson makes a statement.
17,381 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson’s daughter, Lynda, married U.S. Marine Captain Charles Robb in a December 9, 1967, White House ceremony. The White House Naval Photographic Center captured the weddi…
2,242 viewsNoting the anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s assassination with calls with President Lyndon Johnson, part of Robert Kennedy’s last speech, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 196…
80 viewsThe anniversary of the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. with a portion of his last speech, President Lyndon Johnson’s address to the nation, and author Hampton Sides' s…
132 viewsIn March, 1968, President Lyndon John and Senator Robert Kennedy announced their presidential plans. Barbara Perry discussed Senator Kennedy’s announcement to run. Kyle Longley talked about …
219 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson delivered his final State of the Union Address to Congress on January 14, 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, Republican Richard Nixon. …
2,097 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson’s 1965-66 calls on the appointment of the first Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Robert Weaver, who was also the first Black Cabinet Secretary. Professor Wen…
311 viewsPresident Johnson spoke about the conflict in Vietnam and the U.S. policy regarding the region. Entitled “Peace Without Conquest,” the address attempted to explain why Southeast Asia was of …
7,506 viewsPresident Johnson addressed the problem of civil disturbances in many cities accros the United States and announced the creation of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, or th…
1,560 viewsNoting the November 22 1963 assassination of President John Kennedy with radio communications between the White House and Air Force One and Lyndon Johnson’s first calls as President. Profess…
3,304 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson’s November 1964 phone calls discussed the election returns, thanking his supporters, and plans for high-level changes in his administration.
50 viewsPresident Lyndon B. Johnson accepted the Presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on August 27th, 1964. In his speech, President Johnson ou…
2,049 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson’s telephone calls on the Gulf of Tonkin and the Congressional resolution, which gave him the authority, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, to use milit…
230 viewsNoting the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1965 signing of the Voting Rights Act, with a discussion about the Act and voting rights.
107 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson’s phone calls on the passing and signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Act was signed into law on July 2, 1964. Note: Some language may be offensive.
412 viewsSenator Robert Kennedy’s phones calls with President Lyndon Johnson. Senator Edward Kennedy’s eulogy after his brother’s assassination on June 5, 1968. Evan Thomas talked about Robert Kenned…
204 viewsThe April 4 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. was remembered with his last speech, President Lyndon Johnson’s address to the nation and a Book TV 2010 talk with Hampton Sides, au…
269 viewsThe March 1968 announcements from President Lyndon Johnson and Senator Robert Kennedy about their presidential plans. Two historians provided their prospective on the announcements.
189 viewsPresident Johnson’s August 1964 calls about the Gulf of Tonkin and Congressional resolution.
721 viewsPresident Lyndon Johnson talked with administration officials and advisors about legal issues, the war in Vietnam, racial violence in Alabama and a new Treasury Secretary. Note: Some langua…
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