It’s been 62 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, ending segregation and, in theory at least, ending discrimination on the basis of race, color, ...

DALLAS, Tex., NOV. 23,1963 -- (AP) -- A gunman assassinated President Kennedy from ambush Friday with a high-powered rifle. Nearly 12 hours later, a 24-year-old man who professed love for the late ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nearly 60 years ago, the president and first lady visited Middle Tennessee — and archival photographs show they were booked and busy one fateful March day. Historical notes ...

WASHINGTON (WCSC) — President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the first African American cabinet member on Jan. 13, 1966. Johnson selected Robert C. Weaver as the head of the Department of Housing and ...

National Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual observance in the U.S. from September 15 to October 15. The observance began as a week in 1968 under President Lyndon B. Johnson and was expanded to a ...

This is a photograph in a series of President Johnson speaking at the dedication. See Neg. #s P-6411 - 23 through P-6411 - 28, P-6411 - 30, and P-6411 - 32. Summary President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

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Sixty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood with former President Harry S. Truman to sign it into law in Independence. Now it’s been slashed. LBJ Library photo by WHPO Sixty years ago, ...