Topic: Johnson, Lyndon B.

Jan 5, 
1953

“Whom Shall We Welcome?” President Truman Endorses Immigration Reform Report

Mar 12, 
1956

“Southern Manifesto:” Southern Congress Members Pledge to Defend Racial Segregation

Sep 9, 
1957

President Eisenhower (Reluctantly) Signs the Historic 1957 Civil Rights Act

May 30, 
1963

VP Lyndon Johnson Gives Powerful Civil Rights Speech at Gettysburg

Nov 26, 
1963

LBJ: “What the Hell’s the Presidency For?”

Dec 31, 
1963

LBJ Integrates University of Texas Faculty Club

Mar 25, 
1964

LBJ Lectures Southern Ministers on Need for Civil Rights Bill

Jul 2, 
1964

President Johnson Signs Historic 1964 Civil Rights Act

Aug 25, 
1964

FBI Spies on Civil Rights Groups at Democrats’ Convention — Under Orders from President Johnson

Jan 15, 
1965

LBJ Calls Martin Luther King – Plan Voting Rights Strategy

Mar 8, 
1965

LBJ Affirms Rights of Criminal Suspects

Mar 15, 
1965

“We . . . Shall . . . Overcome:” LBJ Gives Historic Voting Rights Speech

Mar 16, 
1965

LBJ Sends Federal Troops to Guard Selma Voting Rights March

Mar 25, 
1965

1965 Voting Rights March Reaches Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery

Jun 4, 
1965

President Johnson Outlines New Civil Rights Challenges

Jun 30, 
1965

President Johnson Bans Wiretapping – Sort Of

Aug 6, 
1965

LBJ Signs Historic Voting Rights Act

Sep 24, 
1965

President Johnson Orders Affirmative Action

Oct 3, 
1965

LBJ Signs Historic Immigration Reform Law in Ceremony at the Statue of Liberty

Nov 2, 
1965

First Federally Supported Birth Control Clinic Opens

Jan 18, 
1966

Robert C. Weaver Sworn in as First African-American Cabinet Member

Mar 1, 
1966

President Johnson Endorses Federal Aid for Family Planning

Jun 22, 
1966

LBJ Signs Bail Reform Act – Affirms Rights of Criminal Suspects

Jul 4, 
1966

LBJ Signs Historic Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Mar 29, 
1967

LBJ Bars Secret CIA Funding of Private Groups

Jun 16, 
1967

LBJ Orders No Wiretapping — Sort Of

Aug 15, 
1967

CIA Begins Spying on Anti-Vietnam War Movement – Under LBJ’s Orders

Oct 2, 
1967

Thurgood Marshall Joins Supreme Court – First African-American Justice

Nov 8, 
1967

President Johnson Ends Barriers to Promoting Women in Military

Nov 15, 
1967

CIA Delivers LBJ-Ordered Report on U.S. Peace Groups

Dec 12, 
1967

NOW Holds Demonstrations at EEOC Field Offices Across the Country

Dec 16, 
1967

LBJ Signs Age Discrimination Act

Dec 22, 
1967

CIA Delivers Second Report on Anti-War Dissent

Jan 5, 
1968

CIA Sends President Johnson Third Report on Student Dissent

Apr 11, 
1968

Congress Passes Anti-Riot Act

Apr 11, 
1968

Congress Passes Fair Housing Act

Sep 4, 
1968

CIA Delivers “Restless Youth” Report on U.S. Peace Groups

Jan 24, 
1993

Civil Rights Giant Thurgood Marshall Dies

Dec 31, 
2014

Acclaimed Film “Selma” Provokes Controversy over President Johnson, Other Issues

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