Riverside In Person   

Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, held political office in Washington, D.C., from 1937 through 1969. An ambitious and skillful politician, his legacy is a complex and controversial one. (Indeed, one of his biographers has called him a “Flawed Giant.”) In this class we will examine his career as a Congressman, Senator, and Vice President, his approach to domestic policy after succeeding President Kennedy in 1963, and his performance as commander-in-chief during the Vietnam War. We will conclude by assessing his impact on the Democratic Party, American politics, and the nation itself.