Complex and controversial, Lyndon B. Johnson is remembered for reaching the highest of highs and the most dismal of lows during his presidency. ... the 1964 act. Even more paradoxically, as a Southern man of his time, Johnson used racist language–even as he smashed Jim Crow laws across the South. read more
Lyndon Johnson was a racist. He was also the greatest champion of racial equality to occupy the White House since Lincoln. read more
President Lyndon B. Johnson supposedly made a crude racist remark about his party's voter base. read more