that legislation was passed after his death and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. Kennedy in the oval office of the White House after ...

President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed by an assassin while riding through the streets of Dallas, Texas in an open motorcade. A little more than two hours later Lyndon Johnson recited the ...

Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...

The 1960s were a time of social unrest and a constant fight for equality. One president emerged as a pivotal figure in the ...

Here’s a look at the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.TimelineNovember 22, 1963- ...

President Kennedy was an open supporter of civil rights. Examples of Kennedy’s actions are: Lyndon B Johnson had been Kennedy’s vice president. When he took up the role of president ...