Lyndon Johnson would in fact be the first bona fide Southerner in the White House in 110 years, since the brief (16 months) administration of Louisiana's Zachary Taylor. (Woodrow Wilson was born ...

At the beginning of 1968, no one could have predicted the reception that would greet President Lyndon Baines ... Back in the White House, even as the riots were beginning, Johnson knew his hopes ...

UniversalImagesGroup//Getty Images Lyndon B. Johnson in talks with Civil Rights leaders in the White House, including Martin Luther King, Jr. By Christmas 1963, Whittington's presence was quietly ...