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Sworn in after the assassination of JFK, Lyndon Johnson pushed progressive programs like the Civil Rights Act through Congress and won a term as president before the Vietnam War eroded his support.
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Original funding for LBJ provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Liberty Mutual, The Scotts Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.
American Experience partners with Retro Report—a news organization dedicated to examining stories after their headlines fade. Together, we co-produce short, digital-first films that help explain how stories from our past continue to resonate in our world today.
