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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, 4/9/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird talks to LBJ at Camp David; Lady Bird & foreign press board buses for Goliad; view flowers & cattle; funeral service for Martin Luther King; ceremony at restored Presidio La Bahia; speeches by Stewart Udall & Lady Bird; migrant children
Folder, "Misc. Correspondence - 1967," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)
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, 4/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • up on a plate by Zephyr. w h ile I w atch ed te le v is io n , -5^^k it to b ed and ate ^ C h ief King gave m e a rub and I w as ready for s le e p b y 11:30. One o f the p r e ttie s t sig h ts of the day had b een Lynda B ird , who had co m e