Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

22

Description:

Social events of the 1950s; Senator Theodore Francis Green; Sam Rayburn; Senator Walter George; Herbert Hoover; Lady Bird Johnson's miscarriages in 1954; the political situation in Vietnam in 1954; the Texas governor's race between Allan Shivers and Ralph Yarborough; Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation decision and LBJ's opinion of racial issues; how LBJ worked for racial equality; LBJ's Senate race against Dudley Dougherty; Frankie Randolph; Mrs. Johnson's public appearances and travel; assembling a Senate committee to investigate Senator Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's support for President Dwight Eisenhower; Lynda's illness in the fall of 1954; Willie Day Taylor's help to the Johnsons; South Korean President Syngman Rhee's toast regarding war on U.S. soil at a White House dinner; Democratic political victory in the fall of 1954; censure of Joseph McCarthy; Wayne Morse; the Johnsons' interest in hunting and guns; Clark Clifford's parties with skits; LBJ Ranch managers before Dale Malachek.

Contributor:

Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Lady Bird Johnson

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details