Articles related to "President Johnson"

Lyndon Johnson increased American involvement in Vietnam to prevent North Vietnam defeating the south. The Tet Offensive defeated the Viet Cong yet the South was defeated

Forty years have passed since 1968, a year which tested and transformed America in countless ways.

Richard Milhous Nixon, an impressive politician from California, left the Vice Presidency in 1960 in hopes of attaining the White House for himself.

Begun by the CIA, OPLAN 34A called for covert action against Communist North Vietnam including aerial bombing in Laos and DeSoto destroyer missions in the Tonkin Gulf.

A humorous collection of quotations and puns about journalists, their craft and the media in the words of politicians, writers, and other personalities.

Taking over the Presidential reins after the tragic assassination of Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson attempted to continue Kennedy's policies, while adding in many of his own.

In 1963, Dr. King made his legendary "I Have a Dream" speech and set forth standards to change American's mind-set. In 2008 we ask, did he succeed?

Barack Obama's ancestry is American melting pot, making him distant cousin to Katharine Hepburn, Brad Pitt, Christopher Reeve, Winston Churchill and astronaut John Glenn.

Lyndon Baines Johnson, who would later become the 36th President of the United States, began his career as a teacher in Texas before moving on to politics.

In 1974 President Richard Nixon and Senator Edward Kennedy nearly succeeded in legislating universal medical insurance for all Americans.

Celebrating his sixtieth birthday on December 29, 1868, President Johnson threw a dance celebration for a few hundred children.

The Civil Rights Movement encompassed various important events and leaders and restructured and redefined American society.

This documentary follows the music and events of the Civil Rights Movement with historic footage, interviews, and the songs themselves.

The 58,000-mile voyage of the CSS Shenandoah marked the only time the flag of the Confederate States of America traversed the globe.

Two dozen well-used Swedish L60 tanks served the island republic for forty years and even fought US Marines in 1965.

Alleged attacks on two American destroyers by North Vietnamese patrol boats gave the Johnson Administration an excuse to request passage of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.

This US immigration processing center for 62 years was the scene of many tragedies. Its Great Hall is a place where voices of the dead and other sounds are heard.

"The Assassin's Accomplice" examines the mores of nineteenth century America in regard to the sole female conspirator in the murder of Abraham Lincoln.

The isolated cultures of the south pacific were influenced by occupying Allied (usually US) military forces in World War Two with lasting effects.

Vietnam-themed movies began as a patriotic apologetic for the war, transformed the genre into anti-war and critical stories, and ended as objective documentaries.

The Great Society was a philosophical descendant of the New Deal and introduced civil rights legislation that finally brought an end to Jim Crow.

Winning six states, Goldwater was viewed as an extremist whose views would result in nuclear confrontation with Russia while LBJ was considered the lesser of two evils.

A gardener is doing a favor to the environment when he grows wildflowers in the Texas landscape. Wildflowers require little care and bloom in the spring.

Following the Brown v Board of Education case, the growing Civil Rights Movement found support among white Americans confronted by a contradiction to equality & justice.

Martin Luther King's method of nonviolent resistance was the most effective weapon against a racist and unjust social system.

Shortly after lunchtime on Nov. 22nd 1963 a certain 61' Lincoln Continental would transport a bloody and tragic moment onto the pages of indelible world history.

There has been much debate over the legacy of President Grant over the years, with some naming him among the worst, while others finding things to admire.

Vinnie Ream's talent was obvious to anyone who spent time in her studio. It's how she played powerful men to showcase that talent that makes for interesting conversation.

Lost in the Arctic and salvaged by American whalers, the timbers of the HMS RESOLUTE eventually became a priceless piece of White House furniture.

The days of a war on poverty are long past. Today America needs a program to provide stability to those who work for low wages.

What are the rights and obligations of the state on the question of taking or protecting a human life? Old traditions are questioned by many, yet doubts remain.

Presidential war-making since Korea has evolved into an Executive branch prerogative closely tied to conducting foreign policy and the role of Commander-in-Chief.