In what some historians consider one of the best political speeches of the 20th century, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, ...

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On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

which was signed into law by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. Although the day honors Martin Luther King Jr.‘s birthday, it doesn’t always fall on the exact date of his birth ...

Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a ...

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive te ...

(WOOD) — For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech ... was ultimately signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. In 1968, King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... which former President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968. The law moved several ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s ... rights leaders and political allies like Lyndon B. Johnson. Despite all of the tension he was experiencing, Dr. King still pushed through and didn’t back down ...