LBJ expresses solidarity with the civil rights struggle and asks Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act. President Lyndon B. Johnson's Special Address to Congress on Voting Rights; U.S. Capitol ...

The historic law that promoted equality for all Americans. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on; President's ...

Wow." President Lyndon B. Johnson at the speaker's podium addressing a Joint Session of Congress urging the passage of the Voting Rights Act on March 15, 1965. Photo: Cecil Stoughton/LBJ Library ...

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, ...

Under President Trump, the Justice Department ... some legal experts fear could further weaken the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. In one of the dropped lawsuits, in Texas, a DOJ attorney ...

When you think of a successful protest movement, most Americans probably think of the American Civil Rights movement, and the ...