LBJ’s decision not to run for re-election in 1968; Martin Luther King’s death and LBJ’s view of King; LBJ on civil rights; open housing bill; trip to Chicago 4/1/68; the idea of moving the Democratic National Convention from Chicago; Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley; LBJ meeting with Eisenhower; Hubert Humphrey’s campaign; LBJ, Wilbur Mills and a surtax; Poor People's Campaign and consumer measures LBJ supported.
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Citation
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 6, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-jonesj-19681126-1-02-03