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  • Contributor > Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007 (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, 4/5/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • ie t s e r io u s v o ic e s a id ” We t r a v e l ( MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE : ( F r i d a y , A p r il 5, 1968 . WASHINOTON Page 2 w ith a h e a v y h e a r t to d a y , b e c a u s e of th e tra g e d y of D r, King*s d e a th . E v
  • Lady Bird slept little; Lady Bird has coffee with LBJ; they decide Crossing the Trails of Texas trip should continue; Lady Bird alters speeches to include statement about Martin Luther King; to Dulles airport; Washington & foreign correspondents
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/11/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • i n a v i a o n ly l a s t O c t o b e r - the King of D e n m a r k , a n d f r i e n d l y Q u e e n I n g r i d of D e n m a r k , a n d b e a u t i f u l A n n M a r i e , t h e i r p r i n c e s s , who i s g o in g to b e m a r r i e d to you
  • Lady Bird arrives in Athens for funeral of King Paul of Greece; welcoming ceremonies; Lady Bird lunches at restaurant along Aegean Sea; background briefing on Greek government; Georgios Papandreou and son; visit to Byzantine Monastery; drive
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/26/1966 (Monday) (Item)
  • e s . In 5 m in u tes he is read y. And then he is sa y in g , " B e s s, I thought you told m e the P r im e M in ister" , or the king or w h a tev er it i s "was sup p osed to be h e r e at 10 m in u tes of 8?" T h is tim e we w ere down at the N
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/19/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
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