Collection 'A Tempest in a Teapot'
First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of...
Page of President Johnson's daily diary from the day of the Civil Rights Bill signing.
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- Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Austin, Texas
Page of President Johnson's daily diary from the day of the Civil Rights Bill signing.
Page of President Johnson's daily diary from the day of the Civil Rights Bill signing.
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