Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall, the ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two-way radio ... the CNN Facebook Democratic Debate in Las Vegas. This intense campaign waged in the moment to determine the nation's future also ...

Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...