Biography
Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. The 37th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Johnson was a Southern Democrat who represented Texas in both houses of the U.S. Congress and earned a reputation as a talented and persuasive legislator. His presidency was marked by the passage of landmark civil rights legislation, the creation of Great Society programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, and a significant escalation in U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
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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
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
The Vietnam War
Under the Flags, the Sun
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After
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
13th
The Untold History of the United States
Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games
For All Mankind
Uncle Tom
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Day That Lasted 21 Years
Hearts and Minds
The House I Live In
Bill Russell: Legend
Big Data, Big Brother
Explained
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
The War at Home
When You're Strange
The Atomic Cafe
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Cover-Up
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
Money, Explained
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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.
Nixon
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Ku Klux Klan: An American Story