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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, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • arborough ca m e up to g r e e t m e . H e had c a n c e lle d out a fter the a s s a s s in a tio n of M artin Luther King and I did not e x p e c t to s e e h im . I m an aged to be m o r e c o rd ia l than I had been at our la s t m eetin g ■^ . '-i
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/1/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • le ft and I d ecid ed I m igh t a s w e ll liv e it up. I c a lle d in C h ief King,-^and got a m a s s a g e , and when he had fin ish ed , tip toed to L yndon's MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE :' WA SHI NOT ON - M onday, A p r il 1, 1968 d oor
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • u r n e d t o G e o r g ia . W h at a s t o r y book s o r t o f th in g to d o ! I had lu n c h w ith L y n d a in m y b e d r o o m , s h e lo o king b e a u tif u l in h e r p in k d r e s s a n d r e d c o a t, e x c i t e d and e n t h u s i
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/9/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • . What a jo y i t is to h a v e a n u r s e h e r e w ith h i m . is a d o ra b le but stre n u o u s. h a d h a d a l it t l e g i r l . He S om eone c a l le d th a t M a r y M a r g a r e t V a le n ti C h ie f King c a m e and gave m e a b r i e f
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/26/1967 (Thursday) (Item)
  • v e r to e n t e r t a i n u s h e r e in th e W hite H o u se - - J o s e L im o n - - who d a n c e d the M o o r s P iv o n f o r the King of M o ro c c o . He i s a t l e a s t m y a g e , a n d th a t m u s t b e s o m e th in g of a p h e n o