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The second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as president of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1965, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
On July 2, 1964, Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the East Room, ending segregation in public places and outlawing employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin. The following year, he signed the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination practices in voting.
- Volume One, 22 November 1963 – 30 November 1963, Ed. Max Holland
- Volume Two, December 1963, Ed. Robert David Johnson and David Shreve
- Volume Three, January 1964, Ed. Kent B. Germany and Robert David Johnson
Read the Editor’s Introduction This volume begins just before the Kennedy assassination on 22 November 1963, with transcripts of tapes that document the movements of Air Force One at Dallas’s Love Field. Transcripts of conversations between Washington and the cockpit of an airplane carrying the Kennedy Cabinet to Tokyo then reveal the shock as news...
This volumes opens on the first day of December as Johnson moves forward with his national call to “Let Us Continue” and covers the entire month before ending with Johnson on holiday at his Texas ranch.
This volume begins with President Johnson enjoying a relaxing New Year’s Day at home along the Pedernales River and spans the entire month of January, one of the most heavily recorded and most intense months of his presidency. During this month, the post-assassination grace period effectively ends, and Johnson struggles to make the presidency his o...
Aug 11, 2023 · The second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson as president of the United States was held on Wednesday, January 20, 1965, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 45th inauguration and marked the second and only full term of Lyndon B. Johnson as president and t
Nov 2, 2017 · With Johnson, a Texan Protestant, Kennedy tried to “placate the Southerners and give his ticket a conservative aura,” and “jolted Nixon’s campaign strategy by upsetting his hopes of ...
January 20, 1965: Inaugural Address | Miller Center. President Johnson talks about change in the United States. He concentrates on three essential ideas—justice, liberty, and union—as the qualities which formed America. The country will use these qualities to move forward to address the problems prevalent throughout the world.
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President Lyndon Baines Johnson takes his second oath of office on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on January 20, 1965, which is being administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Standing...
