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2) All the way
Pub. Date
2016
Formats
Description
Bryan Cranston stars in a riveting look at the formidable challenges and demons faced by President Lyndon Johnson on his tumultuous first year in office, from his accidental ascension to the presidence in November 1963, to his relentless fight to win passage of a landmark Civil Rights Bill with the election of 1964 looming.
3) LBJ
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Formats
Description
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xiv, 478 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Sheds new light on the tumultuous inner life of the Kennedy presidency and its aftermath, revealing the conflicts that tore apart the Kennedy administration and Bobby Kennedy's secret quest to solve his beloved brother's murder.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xv, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Shares an assessment of Kennedy's administration as it might have evolved had he not been assassinated, covering such topics as the 1964 campaign, his private life issues and his approaches to Vietnam, civil rights and the Cold War.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The untold story of the rebellion of thousands of American soldiers against the war in Vietnam. This movie profiles an event that profoundly impacted American society, yet has been virtually obliterated from memory.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xv, 384 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
A comprehensive oral history of Johnson's presidency is presented in the words of the president and some of his closest associates, offering insight into his perspectives on the sweeping changes affecting his time.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Description
"An accessible, informed, and timely biography of Lyndon Johnson that centers his life and presidency around the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Keenly known for both his triumphs and his failures, Lyndon B. Johnson was one of the most complex and compelling presidents in US history. Anne Quirk's biography alternates between chapters that follow LBJ's childhood in rural Texas learning politics from his parents, his time teaching Mexican American...
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
392 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
The former Nixon advisor and best-selling author of Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" traces the unanticipated political rise of the 37th President just six years after his gubernatorial loss, sharing insights into how he resurrected his career and reunited a divided Republican Party.
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The celebrated host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell presents an account of the 1968 presidential election to evaluate its lasting influence on American politics and the Democratic party, exploring the pivotal roles of RFK and McCarthy, two high-profile assassinations and the Chicago riots.
"The 1968 U.S. Presidential election was the young Lawrence O'Donnell's political awakening, and in the decades since it has remained one of his...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xvi, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Argues that 1965, not 1968, was the most transformative year of the 1960s, discussing attacks on civil rights demonstrators, increased African American militancy, the Watts riots, anti-war protests, and a growing national pessimism.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
xviii, 446 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Examines the decisions made between 1963 and 1965 in regards to escalating United States involvement in the Vietnam War and looks at how early mistakes in policy formation were constantly repeated throughout the Johnson administration.
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 442 pages : illustrations, black and white photographs ; 24 cm
Description
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedys death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures. Through his own words we get a direct and intimate perspective on Kennedys views on civil rights, social justice, the war in Vietnam, foreign policy, the desirability of peace, the need to eliminate poverty, and the role of hope in American politics. Here, too,...
15) RFK
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This probing and perceptive biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of the third Kennedy son, Robert Francis Kennedy. A man who would almost certainly have been president if his violent assassination hadn't intervened. Features extensive interviews with family members, friends, journalists, Washington insiders, and civil rights activists. Profiles the pivotal roles RFK played in the many major events of the 1960's - the Cuban Missile Crisis,...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
299 pages cm
Description
"In April 1967, Robert F. Kennedy knelt in a crumbling shack in Mississippi trying to coax a response from a listless child. The toddler sat picking at dried rice and beans spilled over the dirt floor as Kennedy touched the boy's distended stomach and stroked his face. After several minutes with little response, the senator walked out the back door, wiping away tears. In Delta Epiphany, Ellen B. Meacham tells the story of Kennedy's visit, while also...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xiii, 881 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Description
Recaptures America's turbulent 1960s and early 1970s and reveals how Richard Nixon rose from the political grave to seize and hold the presidency. Perlstein's account begins with the 1965 Watts riots, nine months after Lyndon Johnson's historic landslide victory appeared to herald a permanent liberal consensus. Yet the next year, America was more divided than ever, and a disgraced politician was on his way to a shocking comeback. Between 1965 and...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
398 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America, on the fiftieth anniversary of its passageIt was a turbulent time in America--a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington and a governor standing in the schoolhouse door--when John F. Kennedy sent Congress a bill to bar racial discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations. Countless...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 533 pages, 8 unnumbered plates : illustrations, black & white photographs ; 25 cm
Description
"In the spring of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson had a decision to make. Just months after moving into the White House under the worst of circumstances--following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy--he had decide whether to run to win the presidency in his own right. He turned to his most reliable, trusted political strategist: his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. The memo she produced for him, long overlooked by biographers, is just one revealing...
20) Chicago 10
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A highly-stylized and wildly original documentary film chronicling the anti-war protest of the 1968 Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, and the charismatic protest organizers brought to trial by the city"--Container.
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