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It was Johnson's first State of the Union Address and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress after the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker John W. McCormack, accompanied by Senate president pro tempore Carl Hayden.
Washington University in St. Louis – Andrew D. Martin, Chancellor; Wayne State University – M. Roy Wilson, President; Wellesley College-Paula A. Johnson, President Wentworth Institute of Technology – Mark A. Thompson, President; Western New Mexico University – Joseph Shepard, President; Western Oregon University – Jay Kenton, Interim ...
First meeting between a Roman Catholic U.S. president and the head of the Catholic Church. 4 October 4, 1965: Waldorf Astoria New York: New York City [4] [5] United States: Lyndon B. Johnson: First papal visit to the United States, which also included an address to the United Nations and a visit to the Vatican Pavilion at the 1964 New York ...
The 1966 State of the Union Address was given by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, on Wednesday, January 12, 1966, to the 89th United States Congress. [1] In the speech, Johnson addressed the then-ongoing war in Vietnam, his Great Society and War on Poverty domestic programs, civil rights, and other matters. [2]
United Way is an international network of over 1,800 local nonprofit fundraising affiliates. [2] [3] Prior to 2015, United Way was the largest nonprofit organization in the United States by donations from the public. [4]
The 1965 State of the Union Address was given by Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, on Monday, January 4, 1965, to the 89th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [2] It was Johnson's second State of the Union Address.
The Senate adopted the House-passed bill that same day and twelve days later on August 20, 1964, the bill was signed by President Johnson. The Economic Opportunity Act was announced by the president in his first State of the Union Address as the keystone of the war on poverty. [10]
Bronze Statue of Frankie Muse Freeman in Downtown St. Louis. Marie Frankie Muse Freeman (née Muse; November 24, 1916 – January 12, 2018) [1] was an American civil rights attorney, and the first woman to be appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1964–79), a federal fact-finding body that investigates complaints alleging discrimination.