JFK and LBJ: The New Frontier and the Great Society – Episode 6: Transformation Out of Tragedy—The Presidency of LBJ
Join Park Rangers Jonathan Streff of John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site and Joseph Owen of Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park to examine the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. They will discuss such questions as: How did the aftermath of President Kennedy’s assassination shape Johnson’s presidency? How did President Johnson’s Great Society connect with the New Deal? What are its greatest legacies? How did the expansion of the Vietnam Conflict impact Johnson’s presidency?