August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.

Sixty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. This was one of the most ...

The Republican Party’s recent tax and spending bill made substantial changes to the landmark safety net programs created by Lyndon B. Johnson.

President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses NASA employees at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas on March 1, 1968. The center would be renamed for Johnson on Feb. 19, 1973, a month after the ...

Then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson stands in the aisle of a commuter train and talks with passengers as it nears Greenwich, Conn., on the evening of Oct. 5, 1960. Nearly four years later, the then ...

The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library made these letters available on their online archive. The early ones are full of gushy back-and-forths and some mundane revelations.

He was considered one of Lyndon B. Johnson’s closest confidants during this time in office. We welcome your thoughts in a letter to the editor. See the guidelines and submit your letter here.

President Linden B. Johnson announces Great Society program on Tuesday January 5, 1965. The fear of a recession can contribute to the fact of a recession, the President warned, and he had an antidote.