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LBJ gets the PBS treatment as part of its series The Presidents.
50 years of VISTA.
An interactive exhibit featuring 60 individuals who shaped the 1960s.
Movie and TV Productions
Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the president's rise in this made-for-TV movie.
The critically acclaimed depiction of a pivotal moment in civil rights history has its share of detractors who say LBJ isn't portrayed fairly.
Bryan Cranston reprises his Tony Award–winning Broadway role as LBJ in this HBO drama.
Woody Harrelson steps into Johnson's presidential shoes in this upcoming political biopic.
Articles and Interviews
Joseph A. Califano, special assistant to LBJ from 1965 through the end of his presidential term, talks about the administration's accomplishments.
The Washington Post recaps the Great Society on the 50th anniversary of LBJ's speech.
A cool learning guide from The New York Times that cuts back and forth from LBJ's Great Society speech and a recent article about poverty in Appalachia. The verdict? The war's still on.
Video
A concise look at the causes and effects of the Great Society.
The Office of Economic Opportunity produced this short on the war on poverty.
Audio
Audio of the May 22nd, 1964, Great Society speech at the University of Michigan.
Six U.S. presidents secretly recorded phone calls and Oval Office conversations. LBJ was one of them. A selection of those tapes can be heard here.
Images
Lyndon Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States.
The president meets with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., December 1963.
In the spring of 1964 LBJ and the first lady toured Appalachia, one of the poorest regions in the country, to meet with local residents.
The Lady Bird Special campaign train heads out in October 1964.
LBJ watches election returns, November 1964, on the Big 3—ABC, CBS, and NBC.
LBJ talks to MLK after signing the Voting Rights Act, August 1965.
Days after the Voting Rights Act was signed, riots erupt in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts.
Detroit explodes, 1967.
Demonstrators march to protest the war in Vietnam, 1967. Guess who they blamed for it.
Lady Bird visits a Head Start class, 1968.
Lady Bird among the Texas wildflowers, 1968.
The president at his ranch in Stonewall, Texas, 1968.