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6 days ago · The assassination. U.S. Pres. John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy at Dallas Love Field airport in Texas, November 22, 1963. On November 21, 1963, President Kennedy—accompanied by his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Vice President Johnson—undertook a two-day, five-city fund-raising trip to Texas. The trip was also likely intended ...
2 days ago · Description. On January 12, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson sent Congress a forceful education message proposing “that we declare a national goal of Full Educational Opportunity.”. Further, he asserted, “Every child must be encouraged to get as much education as he has the ability to take.”.
May 17, 2024 · Voting Rights Act, U.S. legislation (August 6, 1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States. Considered among the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation in ...
May 17, 2024 · Diana Benavides - Teacher of the Year Posted Date: 05/19/2024. Congratulations going out to Mrs. Diana Benavides for being selected as Johnson High School Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Benavides is an exemplary CTE Department Head who advocates for students and . . .
2 days ago · The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory. Johnson was the fourth and most recent vice president to succeed the presidency following the ...
1 day ago · Description. In January, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson met with civil rights leaders and told them that he would push for a law protecting voting rights after Congress passed an education bill and Medicare. Civil rights leaders refused to wait. After they were violently attacked on March 7 during a peaceful protest march in Selma, Alabama ...
6 days ago · In January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a War on Poverty in his State of the Union address. Matt LeClere, Director of the Head Start program for Community Action of Southeast Iowa, said there was research at the time about the effects of poverty, as well as its impact on education.
