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  • Time Period > Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969) (remove)
  • Subject > Civil rights (remove)
  • Contributor > Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 (remove)
  • Subject > LBJ travel (remove)

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Telephone conversation # 12908, sound recording, LBJ and IVAN ALLEN, 4/4/1968, 11:00PM (Item)
  • King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
  • ALLEN THANKS LBJ FOR HIS STATEMENT UPON DEATH OF MLK, REPORTS ON SITUATION IN ATLANTA; LBJ'S CALL TO CORETTA SCOTT KING; RIOTING IN WASHINGTON, DC; POSTPONEMENT OF LBJ'S TRIP TO HONOLULU; LBJ'S 3/31/68 SPEECH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS ALLEN FOR HIS
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ci and I. Lyndon w a s in h is o ffic e - I knew a sta tem en t w as being p rep a red . He gave it on TV from the W hite H ouse -" A m erica i s shocked and sadden ed r b y the b ru tal sla y in g tonight of D r. M artin Luther King. I a s k e v
  • & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/24/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • in in g once w a s king. It’ s b e c o m e a s ic k in d u s t r y , nothing h a s r e a l l y c o m e along to r e p l a c e it . And now , two o r m o r e g e n e r a t io n s h a v e l i v e d h e r e , tra p p e d in a s o r t of fate o f s t a le