President Barack Obama paid homage Thursday to Lyndon B. Johnson as a white southerner who, thrust into the Oval Office a half century ago, seized history to enact laws that dismantled legal ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson reached to shake hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. ( File - The Associated Press ) President Barack Obama reads ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Barack Obama wrapped himself on Thursday in the civil rights legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 1960s president who helped clear the way for an African-American to one day ...

Barack Obama did not accomplish in his presidency what he had hoped. ... He is Lyndon Johnson without the expertise. M an, that did not go as planned at all. Remember 2008.

Lyndon B. Johnson was an effective policymaker but failed to protect his legacy—much in the same way Obama’s is being toppled today. Skip to content Site Navigation ...

The link between Lyndon Johnson and Barack Obama. By CARY CLACK Aug 28, 2008. On Aug. 6, 1965, Luci Baines Johnson, the 18-year-old daughter of the president of the United States, ...

President Barack Obama punctuated his speech on the ... Act Thursday with some fiery language that would not have sounded unusual coming from the mouth of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. ...

The lament has become all too familiar: Barack Obama should be more like Lyndon Johnson, arm-twisting and cajoling his way to legislative success through the sheer force of his personality.. But ...

Barack Obama wrapped himself on Thursday in the civil rights legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 1960s president who helped clear the way for an African-American to one day become U.S. president.