Lyndon Johnson

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April 11, 2014
OPINION - Johnson was a man of his time, and bore those flaws as surely as he sought to lead…
April 10, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Reflecting on the unique power of the office he holds, President Barack Obama on Thursday honored…
April 8, 2014
OPINION - With four of five living presidents poised to attend the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson…
April 7, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas is hosting a three-day Civil Rights Summit…
February 2, 2012
SLIDESHOW - From George Washington to Barack Obama, America has had 44 presidents, which means 44 presidential campaigns -- some…
January 30, 2012
The Daily Mail reported Monday that Rihanna commissioned a £100,000, or an estimated $157,270, work of art...
January 29, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Christopher Plummer of the father-son tale 'Beginners' and Octavia Spencer of the Deep South drama 'The…
January 29, 2012
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first…
January 28, 2012
TheGrio REPORT -- He may be dropping in the polls in Florida and lacking in establishment GOP support, but Newt…
February 21, 2011
OPINION - Had he survived into the Facebook era, his relationship status with race matters might well have been filed…
August 19, 2010
OPINION - They can agree to increase funding for an ill advised war in Afghanistan but vote to cut funding…
August 6, 2010
OPINION - For 45 years, the Voting Rights Act has occupied a central place in our democracy and we can…
March 29, 2010
VIDEO - April 4 is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1968 assassination, but it is also the…
January 15, 2010
From Newsweek - Congressional Quarterly rates Obama higher than any president in the last five decades in working his will…
July 2, 2009
July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the company of Martin Luther King Jr.
June 22, 2009
In light of today’s Supreme Court decision to exempt a district in Texas from the Voting Rights Act , theGrio.com