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Lyndon B. Johnson

Soul-stirring 'Precious Lord'

Mahalia Jackson sang it at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Opera soprano Leontyne Price sang "Precious Lord" at the funeral of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Water company boosts Texas town's heritage

Legendary in the early 1900s for its rumored powers to cure a host of ailments, this tiny Texas community's mineral baths and well water once attracted tens of thousands of tourists, including the...

Some of the broad shoulders of black history in Fort Worth

Rolla, my mentor, was associated with many religious and political leaders, including President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mary McCloud Bethune and Alex Haley.

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Portrait of a struggling society

Probably best known as the author of the 1967 satirical play MacBird!, a takedown of Lyndon B....

What are you reading now?

I just finished the fourth volume of Robert Caro's brilliant biography of Lyndon Johnson, The...

Roy Roberts' relationship with the "other" president was not so warm

In a telephone conversation recorded on the White House taping system, Johnson asked Truman,...

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Gary Hart: Weep for the Senate

As Robert Caro's volume on Senator Lyndon Johnson, Master of the Senate, establishes, there...

Obamacare Enrollment: Will Enough People Sign Up?

President Lyndon B. Johnson's legendary arm-twisting and a Congress dominated by his fellow...

The way we live now

(Scott Johnson) Visiting the site of the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale to watch...

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Stephen Strasburg goes seven innings, shows no sign of arm trouble

"He was great," Johnson said.

Nationals vs. Pirates: Ryan Zimmerman steal keys Washington's 5-4 victory

After the team meeting, the Nationals met Johnson's aims.

Davey Johnson calls a Nationals team meeting

A few hours later, Johnson did something else he rarely does in order to calm himself.