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  • Contributor > Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 (remove)
  • Subject > Lady Bird Johnson travel (remove)
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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, 8/13/1967 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird flies back to D.C. & she is driven to the USS Sequoia; LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers & have breakfast; Johnsons watch Clark Clifford & Maxwell Taylor on tv; Johnsons watch Martin Luther King on tv; lunch; Luci Nugent meets boat
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/28/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Big breakfast with guests; everyone goes for walk and then bowling; lunch, a nap, and viewing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Meet the Press;" more bowling; talk of approaching Eastman-Kodak to sponsor beautification; possible trip to Florida
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