Bibliography

Primary Resources Archives.gov. "John Lewis - March from Selma to Montgomery, "Bloody Sunday," 1965." http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=2.

I used this account from John Lewis to show the brutality on Bloody Sunday. Thisaccount showed how evil the Alabama state troops were as they were acting in unmoralways towards their fellow Americans. It is good to see why the Civil Rights bills reallyneeded to be passed, in order to understand the importance of Lyndon Johnson. 

LBJ Library. "Speeches and Films." http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-baines johnson/speechesfilms#!prettyPhoto.

The LBJ Library website was a huge contributor to the research used to construct thissite. He wanted a memorial to stand for years to come so that people might rememberwhat happened during that time. This page has a few videos of Lyndon Johnson'sspeeches, and also a video interview with someone who looked back on the time ofLyndon Johnson. These videos helped greatly when researching Civil Rights and thegreat impact it had on America. Also it put into perspective how Johnson felt about theevents going on at the time. 

National Archives. "Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate." http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/jackie-robinson/letter-1967.html.

This short and humble letter from Jackie Robinson to Lyndon Johnson was gold. Herewas an African American who was fighting for his freedom to be an equal American.Jackie Robinson wrote a letter of thanks and gratitude to Johnson. This shows howJohnson was fighting for the people, and they were grateful. A true leader stands up forthe helpless. The African Americans were being persecuted until Johnson stood up andput an end to it. 

PBS. "Primary Resources: State of the Union Address,1964.” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lbjunion64/.

PBS has a section on Lyndon Baines Johnson. I used the page about his State of theUnion Address 1964 so I could get a better picture of what he felt about America.Johnson showed a lot of passion in his speech about making America a better place.Johnson implored on behalf of the helpless that "this" session would do the most for civilrights than anyone during the past one hundred years. Johnson's legacy showed that heaccomplished this. The great thing about Johnson is that he also improved schooling,hospitals, and American life. His speech shows how passionate he was. 

PBS."Primary Resources: The Great Society, U. Michigan 1964." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lbj-michigan/.

I used Johnson's agenda for the Great Society to show his passion for greatness. Johnson'sagenda is a powerful calling for America to join him in an attempt to reform America intoa better society for all of man. 

Signing of Civil Rights Act. Video. Directed by CBS. 1964. Washington DC. LBJ Library, 2014. video. 

This is an excerpt from a broadcast of Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Iused this video on the Civil Rights page to show how amazing the reforms of Johnsonwere for America. 

Secondary SourcesBiography.com. "Lyndon B. Johnson." http://www.biography.com/people/lyndon-b-johnson9356122.

I used this source to write facts about Johnson’s early life, political career, short militarycareer, Vice Presidency, and finally his actions as President.

BlackPast.org. “Selma, Alabama, (Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965).” http://www.blackpast.org/aah/bloody-sunday-selma-alabama-march-7-1965. This page was used to describe the violence against African Americans on the CivilRights page. I used it specifically, to get factual information on Bloody Sunday 1965.

Caro, Robert. “The Years of Lyndon Johnson the Passage of Power.” New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

Robert A. Caro designed this four part book series around Johnson’s “passage of power.”The book really shows how Johnson was a pretty ambitious president. It will be helpfulto see how Johnson played the role of president. Caro shows Johnson’s presidencypartially as a tragedy. Johnson was a great leader, but was reduced to vice president. Hewas humiliated as vice president. Then when Kennedy was killed, Johnson was throwninto power during a very dark time. Johnson did his best but he has a negative legacybecause of the hardships in his presidency.  

History.com. “Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.” http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/gulf-of-tonkin-resolution.

I used this page to show what the events were concerning the Gulf of Tonkin and theconsequence, which was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

History.com. "Lyndon Johnson Photo Gallery.” http://www.history.com/photos/lyndon-bjohnson#. 

I used this source from the History Channel website is for pictures and multimedia. Thephoto gallery was really helpful when putting pictures on this website, but also showed

what it looked like when Johnson was signing the Civil Rights Bill. The photosshow how momentous Johnson's leadership was at the time as it still has an impacttoday. 

History.com. “Vietnam War History.” Last updated, 2009. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnamwar/vietnam-war-history.

This page gives context to the Vietnam War. I used this source to show what partsJohnson took in the war. I used this source to show the context of the war andcommunism at the time. It was also helpful insight on the events of the war as a whole.

LBJ Library. “Lyndon Baines Johnson Timeline.” http://www.lbjlibrary.org/lyndon-bainesohnson/timeline.

The LBJ Library timeline page told Johnson’s story start to finish. I used this source toaid in constructing my own biography of Johnson from his young life, to his politicalcareer. I also was able to gather a lot of pictures from this page. The pictures were greatbecause they came with dates, information, and citations for the photographer. I used thepictures mainly in my biography and home page. 

Peters, Charles. Lyndon B. Johnson. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2010. Charles Peters wrote a biography of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Presidency.

The story starts from the beginning; Johnson’s childhood and growing up. Then Peterswrites about Johnson’s presidency, which is where I will focus more. Peters states, “Thetowering figure who sought to transform America into a ‘great society’ but whoseambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War.” I agree with thisstatement. Peters’ book gives a point of view from today. I used his inputs and story tocreate a biography of Johnson, and also to analyze his legacy.  

Whitehouse.gov. “Lyndon B. Johnson.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/lyndonbjohnson

I used this page to get a broad synopsis of Johnson’s life. I used this source to tell thestory of Johnson’s young life and him as a politician.