August 2, 1966. Lady Bird asks Juanita Roberts, LBJ’s personal secretary, to take notes at Luci’s wedding for the future LBJ Presidential Library.
Photo: Juanita Roberts in 1964. LBJ Presidential Library # W393-3. public domain.
LBJ and Harry Truman, when LBJ went to Independence on 7/30/65 to sign the Medicare Bill.
-from the LBJ Library
LBJ’s Staff and Many Cups of Coffee
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s staff prepares for the State of the Union Address. Jack Valenti and Joe Califano are pictured, L-R. 1/12/66.
Good morning Monday!
-from the LBJ Library
June 11, 1965. LBJ examines a console during his visit to the NASA Space Center in Houston. Lady Bird and astronaut James McDivitt (with this hand on the console) are to his left.
LBJ Library image A641-30, public domain.
Fifty years later, LBJ’s audacious promise in his first State of the Union Address may be resounding again.
Definitely recommend watching this video!
What LBJ Taught Me About Medicare, and Why Everyone Should Have It by Bill Moyers
I highly recommend checking out this very inspiring video about Social Security and Medicare. It also gives a brief history on the successful programs along with a personal story from Bill Moyers.
A view of the White House and the National Christmas Tree. 12/18/65.
-from the LBJ Library
October 30, 1964 Presidential Campaign rally, probably in Chicago.
LBJ Library photo 433-169-WH64. Public domain.
The Voting Right Act – Signed 50 Years Ago Today
On August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. For historical perspective, the LBJ Library has collected related photographs, videos, and a telephone conversation. All are in the public domain.
On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 - the map that determines which states must get federal permission before they change their voting laws.
The ruling, which was a 5-4 decision, leaves the future of the law deeply uncertain because it will be up to a sharply divided Congress to redraw the map, if it can agree on one at all.
The Voting Rights Act requires nine states with a history of discrimination at the polls, mostly in the South, to get approval from the Justice Department or a special panel of judges before they change their voting laws.
In 2006, the law was renewed, but the map still uses election data from 1972, to determine who is covered. Some jurisdictions, including the Alabama county that brought the case, complained that racial bias in voting no longer exists.
More – The Impact of the Voting Right Act from the LBJ Library
Images:
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on. 8/6/65
President Lyndon B. Johnson at the speaker’s podium addressing a Joint Session of Congress urging the passage of the Voting Rights Act. 3/15/65
President Lyndon B. Johnson hands Senator Robert F. Kennedy a pen from the signing. 8/6/65
President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking before signing the Voting Rights Act. Remarks inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda. 8/6/65
The Johnson Treatment
President Lyndon B. Johnson laughs with Abe Fortas. 7/29/65.
-ID # A966-16 from the LBJ Library
On this date in 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the #ADA into law — making it easier for older Americans and others with #disabilities to get around at home, participate in their communities, and go to work. #ADA31
