Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson barked into the two-way radio: "One to Mike, One to Mike!" Secret Service Agent Mike Howard, riding behind the President's aqua vehicle in a more sedate station wagon ...

"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in ... Trump's rescinding of a 60-year old order comes as the racial gap in median income has improved ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1965 (UPI) - Lyndon ... Johnson appealed for peaceful progress toward a society free of racial or other discrimination. "Let us reject any among us who seek to reopen old ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson informed the nation last night that he has ordered a total halt of bombing of North Vietnam. The television announcement came after an hour-and-a-half White House ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took the stage at Howard University in June of 1965, he had already signed the Civil Rights act into law, and he said he ...

Donors can help increase the life-saving supply for those who are suffering from illnesses that often require blood ...

Why President Johnson Signed the Executive Order in 1965 That Trump Rescinded WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson took ... of a 60-year old order comes as the racial ...