American Experience · SEASON 4
LBJ (1)
Episode 1 · 1991-09-30
- Documentary
Episode overview
LBJ's career started in 1938 when he was elected a congressman, one of the youngest ever. He was elected to the Senate in 1948 under a cloud of suspicion. LBJ won by only 87 votes. In 1954, when the Democrats took over the Senate, LBJ became the youngest majority leader ever at age 46. In 1957, LBJ engineered passage of the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction, but the bill had too many compromises and no teeth. By 1960, LBJ felt he was ready for the presidency, but John Kennedy got there first and then picked LBJ as his vice president.
55 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. LBJ (1)1991-09-30
2. LBJ (2)1991-09-30
3. The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry1991-10-07
4. Scandalous Mayor1991-10-28
5. The Johnstown Flood1991-11-04
6. Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance1991-11-11
7. G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover1992-02-24
8. Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo1991-12-09
9. The Quiz Show Scandal1992-01-06
10. Love in the Cold War1992-01-13
11. Wild by Law1992-02-10
12. Barnum's Big Top1991-10-14
13. In the White Man's Image1992-02-17
