• President Johnson Speaks at Voting Rights Act Ceremony
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    U.S. Capitol
    Bill Signing
    civil rights
    This photograph is of President Lyndon B. Johnson delivering remarks in the Capitol Rotunda prior to the signing ceremony for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which took place on August 6, 1965. The bill was signed in the President's Room. The Voting Rights Act was designed to the "enforce the 15th amendment" and remove the barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. The statue's provisions included: banning literacy tests, empowering the attorney general to investigate the unlawful use of poll taxes, and made the act of harassing, intimidating, threatening to prevent a lawfully registered voter from voting punishable by a fine of up $10,000, a five-year prison sentence or both. The legislation also allowed for the appointment of federal examiners with the ability to register qualified citizens to vote in jurisdictions where less than 50 percent of the voting age population was registered to vote. This legislation had a tremendous and immediate impact with over a quarter-million African Americans registered to vote by the end of 1965.
  • President Johnson Speaks at Voting Rights Act Ceremony
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    U.S. Capitol
    Bill Signing
    civil rights
    This photograph is of President Lyndon B. Johnson delivering remarks in the Capitol Rotunda prior to the signing ceremony for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which took place on August 6, 1965. The bill was signed in the President's Room. The Voting Rights Act was designed to the "enforce the 15th amendment" and remove the barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. The statue's provisions included: banning literacy tests, empowering the attorney general to investigate the unlawful use of poll taxes, and made the act of harassing, intimidating, threatening to prevent a lawfully registered voter from voting punishable by a fine of up $10,000, a five-year prison sentence or both. The legislation also allowed for the appointment of federal examiners with the ability to register qualified citizens to vote in jurisdictions where less than 50 percent of the voting age population was registered to vote. This legislation had a tremendous and immediate impact with over a quarter-million African Americans registered to vote by the end of 1965.
  • President Johnson Speaks at Voting Rights Act Ceremony
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    U.S. Capitol
    Bill Signing
    civil rights
    This photograph is of President Lyndon B. Johnson delivering remarks in the Capitol Rotunda prior to the signing ceremony for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which took place on August 6, 1965. The bill was signed in the President's Room. The Voting Rights Act was designed to the "enforce the 15th amendment" and remove the barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. The statue's provisions included: banning literacy tests, empowering the attorney general to investigate the unlawful use of poll taxes, and made the act of harassing, intimidating, threatening to prevent a lawfully registered voter from voting punishable by a fine of up $10,000, a five-year prison sentence or both. The legislation also allowed for the appointment of federal examiners with the ability to register qualified citizens to vote in jurisdictions where less than 50 percent of the voting age population was registered to vote. This legislation had a tremendous and immediate impact with over a quarter-million African Americans registered to vote by the end of 1965.
  • Vice President Johnson Attends Honorary Citizenship Churchill Ceremony
    George F. Mobley
    ceremony
    South Grounds
    Rose Garden
    This photograph, taken April 9, 1963 by George F. Mobley, shows Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson en route to the Rose Garden to attend a ceremony honoring former British prime minister Winston Churchill. President John F. Kennedy held the ceremony to offer honorary United States citizenship to Churchill in recognition for his leadership and friendship with the American people.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband the Earl of Snowdon in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President Johnson Welcomes Princess Margaret of England
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Princess Margaret in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. President Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President Johnson Welcomes Princess Margaret of England
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Princess Margaret in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. President Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President Johnson, Princess Margaret, and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Princess Margaret, and her husband the Earl of Snowdon pass photographers as they exit the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson Greet Princess Margaret of England
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson greet Princess Margaret in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President Johnson Welcomes Princess Margaret of England
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Princess Margaret in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. President Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President Johnson Welcomes Princess Margaret of England
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Princess Margaret in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. President Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President and Mrs. Johnson with Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    White House Guests
    Second Floor
    Queens' Bedroom
    event
    In this photograph, taken November 17, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson meet with Princess Margaret and her husband, the Earl of Snowdon, in the Queens' Bedroom. Princess Margaret was the sister of England's Queen Elizabeth II. In 1960, she married photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was given the title Earl of Snowdon by the Queen. The Johnsons received the Earl and Countess of Snowdon in the Queens' suite, a Second Floor guest quarters often reserved for visiting royalty. Over the mantelpiece hangs a trumeau gifted to the White House by Margaret's sister during her visit as a princess in 1951.
  • President Johnson Speaks on Organized Crime
    James P. Blair
    Cabinet
    Cabinet Room
    West Wing
    press
    This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. President Johnson welcomed representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, for a meeting at the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia. In this photograph, President Johnson is seen addressing the press from the Cabinet Room in the West Wing. Standing from left to right are: Fred M. Vinson, Jr., the assistant attorney general; Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Johnson; J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI; Sheldon S. Cohen, commissioner of the IRS; and Donald W. Bacon, the assistant commissioner of the IRS.
  • President Johnson Speaks on Organized Crime
    James P. Blair
    Cabinet
    Cabinet Room
    West Wing
    press
    This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. President Johnson welcomed representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, for a meeting at the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia. In this photograph, President Johnson is seen addressing the press from the Cabinet Room in the West Wing. Standing from left to right are: Fred M. Vinson, Jr., the assistant attorney general; Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Johnson; J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI; Sheldon S. Cohen, commissioner of the IRS; Donald W. Bacon, the assistant commissioner of the IRS; and William G. Hundley, an attorney for the Department of Justice.
  • President Johnson Speaks on Organized Crime
    James P. Blair
    Cabinet
    Cabinet Room
    West Wing
    press
    This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. President Johnson welcomed representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, for a meeting at the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia. In this photograph, President Johnson is seen addressing the press from the Cabinet Room in the West Wing. Standing from left to right are: Fred M. Vinson, Jr., the assistant attorney general; Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Johnson; J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI; Sheldon S. Cohen, commissioner of the IRS; Donald W. Bacon, the assistant commissioner of the IRS; and William G. Hundley, an attorney for the Department of Justice.
  • President Johnson Speaks on Organized Crime
    James P. Blair
    Cabinet
    Cabinet Room
    West Wing
    press
    This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. President Johnson welcomed representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, for a meeting at the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia. In this photograph, President Johnson is seen addressing the press from the Cabinet Room in the West Wing. Standing from left to right are: Fred M. Vinson, Jr., the assistant attorney general; Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Johnson; J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI; Sheldon S. Cohen, commissioner of the IRS; Donald W. Bacon, the assistant commissioner of the IRS; and William G. Hundley, an attorney for the Department of Justice.
  • President Johnson Speaks on Organized Crime
    James P. Blair
    Cabinet
    Cabinet Room
    West Wing
    press
    This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson was taken by James P. Blair on May 5, 1966. President Johnson welcomed representatives from the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the departments of justice and treasury, among others, for a meeting at the White House that day to discuss progress made toward stymying the power of La Cosa Nostra, or the American Mafia. In this photograph, President Johnson is seen addressing the press from the Cabinet Room in the West Wing. Standing from left to right are: Fred M. Vinson, Jr., the assistant attorney general; Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach; Johnson; J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI; Sheldon S. Cohen, commissioner of the IRS; Donald W. Bacon, the assistant commissioner of the IRS; and William G. Hundley, an attorney for the Department of Justice.
  • President Johnson Presents Billy Graham with Award
    James P. Blair
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    White House Guests
    This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson was taken by James P. Blair on May 10, 1966. In this photograph, President Johnson is seen presenting Rev. Billy Graham with the Big Brothers of America's "Man of the Year" award in the Oval Office. Graham was a Christian evangelist who had an audience with 12 consecutive presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama. Joining the two was Charles G. Berwind, the president of Big Brothers of America. The organization combined with Big Sisters, Inc. to form Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America in 1977.
  • President Johnson Presents Billy Graham with Award
    James P. Blair
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    White House Guests
    This photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson was taken by James P. Blair on May 10, 1966. In this photograph, President Johnson is seen presenting Rev. Billy Graham with the Big Brothers of America's "Man of the Year" award in the Oval Office. Graham was a Christian evangelist who had an audience with 12 consecutive presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama. Joining the two was Charles G. Berwind, the president of Big Brothers of America. The organization combined with Big Sisters, Inc. to form Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America in 1977.