Biography
Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by the initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Formerly the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A Democrat from Texas, Johnson also served as a United States Representative and as the Majority Leader in the United States Senate.
Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1980
- Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award · 1965
- honorary doctor of the Florida Atlantic University · 1964
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
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- Silver Star
- World War II Victory Medal
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1964 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
The Vietnam War
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After
13th
Race for the White House
The Way I See It
Korea: The Never-Ending War
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Bobby Kennedy for President
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
For All Mankind
Uncle Tom
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
Hearts and Minds
The Untold History of the United States
Explained
The House I Live In
Big Data, Big Brother
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
The War at Home
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
When You're Strange
The Atomic Cafe
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Bill Russell: Legend
Money, Explained
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Cover-Up
Apollo 13: Survival
History 101
Arthur Miller: Writer
We Were Soldiers
Freedom on My Mind
Fail State
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Picturing the Presidents
Sputnik Mania
Klansville U.S.A.
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
American Experience
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story
The Beach Boys