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1969 →. 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 the only term of Hubert Humphrey as ...
- January 20, 1965; 58 years ago
Apr 10, 2014 · President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas was lauded by four successor presidents as a Lincoln-esque groundbreaker for civil rights, but President Barack Obama also noted that Johnson also had long ...
The President's Inaugural Address. January 20, 1965. My fellow countrymen: On this occasion the oath I have taken before you and before God is not mine alone, but ours together. We are one nation and one people. Our fate as a nation and our future as a people rest not upon one citizen but upon all citizens. That is the majesty and the meaning ...
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Jan 20, 1997 · November 3, 1996: Remarks to the Congregation of St. Paul's AME Church. Next. February 4, 1997: State of the Union Address.
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.
The 2018 publication of Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights, Volume 2 and John F. Kennedy and Civil Rights, 1963 (upcoming, Summer 2018) completes a multivolume series that examines how two American presidents managed era-defining racial crises and passed landmark legislation, while confronting divisive civil disorders and a violent campaign of ...
Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office for the second time as the 36th President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 1965.
