PBS
Pbs Character Above All: Lyndon B. Johnson Essay
A biographical essay about President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes information about the character of President Johnson during his political career.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Presidential Politics: Lyndon B. Johnson
Here, read about the 1964 election, through which Republicans planned to "unseat President Lyndon Johnson." Learn about the man nominated by the Republicans, Barry Goldwater, about Johnson's own feelings of inadequacy, and about the 1964...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Civil Rights Act of 1964
This is a detailed explanation as to what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was, how it came about, and how it affected American society. Includes a photograph of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act into law.
Other
So just.net: Historic Speeches
This site from EdChange.org gives the speeches of many American speakers on various topics related to social justice.
Yale University
The Tonkin Gulf Incident; 1964
A part of the Yale Avalon Project, this page provides the message from President Johnson to Congress the day after the incident and the joint resolution of Congress on August 7, 1964.
Arizona State University
Jaie: Vice President Pledges Aid
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides a speech by vice-president Hubert Humphrey, the benefits of the War on Poverty for Native Americans are described.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Presidents
This site from the PBS "The Presidents" provides detailed biographies of several of the most popular or most infamous U.S. presidents throughout history. Selected presidents include Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Lyndon...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Johnson and the Great Society
This resource gives a succinct account of the legislation passed during Johnson's administration. It highlights major issues such as public health, safety regulations, civil rights and education.
Digital History
Digital History: The Age of Inflation
This site is a short article on inflation, but has a few prices of everyday goods from 1967 that might help in understanding inflation and how much prices have increased.
Arizona State University
Jaie: An Anti Poverty Exploration Project
The Journal of American Indian Education provides this 1965 article describes a part of the Johnson's War on Poverty program that was planned to improve conditions for non-reservation Indian communities.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Lyndon B Johnson
Read the address that Lyndon Johnson gave at his inauguration on January 20, 1965.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: World Timeline (1963 1968)
This website lists several worldwide events for each year that Lyndon B. Johnson was President of the United States.
Curated OER
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson ascended to the presidency after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. With a year to go until the election of 1964, LBJ appropriated Kennedy's "New Frontier" and transformed this agenda into his "Great Society."
Curated OER
American Radio Works: White House Tapes: The President Calling: Lyndon Johnson
Photograph of Lyndon Johnson on telephone.
Curated OER
American Radio Works: The President Calling
This website looks at Lyndon B. Johnson's use of secretly taped and tapped meetings and telephone conversations, and their role in how he worked as President. Audio of some of the conversations and meetings are included.
Curated OER
President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert Mc Namara in 1964.
NPR considers the incidents and reporting surrounding the Gulf of Tonkin incident forty years after the actual event, a military encounter at sea that escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam.