Marian Anderson, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson. The woman standing in the spotlight, dressed in a floor-length satin gown, was the world-famous contralto Marian Anderson .

For Valentine's Day, the Lyndon B. Johnson library released letters from the courtship period between the late president and his wife, Lady Bird. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin presents ...

Opera singer Marian Anderson with President Johnson, shaking hands as they are introduced at a State Department Reception prior to Johnson’s 1965 inauguration.

Dec. 6, 1963 — Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson. March 8, 1977 — Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, presented by President Jimmy Carter on Oct. 16, 1978.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On this day 56 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The act banned discriminatory practices adopted in many Southern states after the ...