Details of visit with Dorothy Territo and Rebekah Johnson (LBJ’s mother) in 1958; topics discussed include: LBJ’s learning to read and beginning school at age 4; first teacher, Kate Deadrich Looney; LBJ’s decision to go to college; relationship with his mother; description of Mrs. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson’s view of family’s economic status as opposed to LBJ’s opinions; Roberts’ impressions of the Johnson family; relationship between Johnson’s father, Sam Ealy Johnson, and Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s impressions of Hoover; LBJ’s attitude toward public service
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
Citation
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1965, by Eric F. Goldman, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 1, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-robertsj-19650428-1-70-52