Lyndon Baines Johnson became the face of, and a negative symbol, of the unrest of 1968. He was torn apart by Vietnam and racial tensions. But who was he as a man and a politician? What experiences steered his life? And what happened in his life and especially 1968 to cause him to go from the most popularly elected president since 1820 to being protested against and hated by a majority of Americans by 1968? Tune into the Curiosity Chronicles to find out more in 1968 Year of Tumult: Part Two!
Sources for this episode:
http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines-johnson/lbj-biography
https://www.history.com/news/lbj-world-war-ii-bathroom-break
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/11/us/how-johnson-won-election-he-d-lost.html
https://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/life-before-the-presidency
https://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132294306/hey-congress-dont-keep-your-day-jobs
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/hill-staff-founds-little-congress-dec-19-1919-232697
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/summer/civil-rights-act-1.html
https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/great-society
https://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/foreign-affairs
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/lbj-exit-1968-presidential-race
https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/1968-democratic-convention
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/the-forgotten-failures-of-the-great-society
Kearns Goodwin, Doris. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. New York, Open Road, 1976.