LBJ

Biden's historic decision weighed by daughters of the last president to do the same, Texas' Lyndon Baines Johnson

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.

The film was a chance for Reiner to showcase an achievement by a president whose term was overshadowed by the Vietnam War.

From Texas Standard : The United States has 13 official presidential libraries. Three of them are in Texas: the George W. Bush Presidential Center in...

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…

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…

Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes introduced Secretary John Kerry Wednesday night who reflected on his time both fighting in the Vietnam War and…

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…

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....

It was 50 years ago this week that President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act.The law that sought to end the Jim Crow practice of…