Overview
LBJ's career started in 1938 when he was elected a congressman, one of the youngest ever. He was elected to the Senate in 1948 under a cloud of suspicion. LBJ won by only 87 votes. In 1954, when the Democrats took over the Senate, LBJ became the youngest majority leader ever at age 46. In 1957, LBJ engineered passage of the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction, but the bill had too many compromises and no teeth. By 1960, LBJ felt he was ready for the presidency, but John Kennedy got there first and then picked LBJ as his vice president.
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4 - 1LBJ (1) September 30, 1991 -
4 - 2LBJ (2) September 30, 1991
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4 - 3The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry October 07, 1991 -
4 - 4Scandalous Mayor October 28, 1991
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4 - 5The Johnstown Flood November 04, 1991
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4 - 6Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance November 11, 1991
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4 - 7G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover February 24, 1992
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4 - 8Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo December 09, 1991
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4 - 9The Quiz Show Scandal January 06, 1992
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4 - 10Love in the Cold War January 13, 1992
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4 - 11Wild by Law February 10, 1992
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4 - 12Barnum's Big Top October 14, 1991
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4 - 13In the White Man's Image February 17, 1992