August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...

Discover the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as it turns 60. Learn about the ongoing fight for voter rights and ...

Wednesday will mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark piece of legislation that was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law ...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted ...

Sixty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, to sign a groundbreaking piece of ...

The Republican Party’s recent tax and spending bill made substantial changes to the landmark safety net programs created by ...

Then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson stands in the aisle of a commuter train and talks with passengers as it nears Greenwich, Conn., on the evening of Oct. 5, 1960. Nearly four years later, the then ...

The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library made these letters available on their online archive. The early ones are full of gushy back-and-forths and some mundane revelations.

President Linden B. Johnson announces Great Society program on Tuesday January 5, 1965. The fear of a recession can contribute to the fact of a recession, the President warned, and he had an antidote.