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President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.
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Biden's historic decision weighed by daughters of the last president to do the same, Texas' Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was an outsize character who gets a lot of credit for his adminstration's successes — but he didn't do it alone, and Joshua Zeitz' new book looks at his most influential aides.
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The film was a chance for Reiner to showcase an achievement by a president whose term was overshadowed by the Vietnam War.
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From Texas Standard : The United States has 13 official presidential libraries. Three of them are in Texas: the George W. Bush Presidential Center in...
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When it comes to the list of Texans who were warriors for civil rights, the name Homer Thornberry may not likely be a name that many will conjure up. But…
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There are many colorful yarns about W. Lee “Pass the Biscuits Pappy” O’Daniel. With his hillbilly band the radio flour salesman won two terms as Texas…
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Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes introduced Secretary John Kerry Wednesday night who reflected on his time both fighting in the Vietnam War and…
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This week thousands of Vietnam War veterans gathered at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin. They’re there for a three-day conference that takes a look…
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From Texas Standard: In Texas, the name Lady Bird Johnson demands a great amount of respect. That’s because Lady Bird was a Texan through and through....