Lyndon Baines Johnson

Suddenly, under the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the route awards became strictly political.

Helen Davey: Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part IV) Helen Davey 2011

Suddenly, under the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the route awards became strictly political.

Helen Davey: Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part IV) Helen Davey 2011

As historian Nick Kotz writes in Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America, "Without tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding change as they transformed restaurant counters into venues for sit-ins, bus trips in to Freedom Rides, and voter registration into bloody battlefields, the shining moments of the 1960s never would have become a possibility."

Clarence B. Jones: I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom Clarence B. Jones 2011

Suddenly, under the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the route awards became strictly political.

Helen Davey: Pan Am: A Dream Takes Flight (Part IV) Helen Davey 2011

As historian Nick Kotz writes in Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America, "Without tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding change as they transformed restaurant counters into venues for sit-ins, bus trips in to Freedom Rides, and voter registration into bloody battlefields, the shining moments of the 1960s never would have become a possibility."

Clarence B. Jones: I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom Clarence B. Jones 2011

As historian Nick Kotz writes in Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America, "Without tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding change as they transformed restaurant counters into venues for sit-ins, bus trips in to Freedom Rides, and voter registration into bloody battlefields, the shining moments of the 1960s never would have become a possibility."

Clarence B. Jones: I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom Clarence B. Jones 2011

As historian Nick Kotz writes in Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America, "Without tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding change as they transformed restaurant counters into venues for sit-ins, bus trips in to Freedom Rides, and voter registration into bloody battlefields, the shining moments of the 1960s never would have become a possibility."

Clarence B. Jones: I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom Clarence B. Jones 2011

Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969, $98 Million, Johnson's father lost all of the family's money when LBJ was a boy.

The Net Worth Of Every American President, From Washington To Obama: 24/7 Wall Street 2011

As historian Nick Kotz writes in Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America, "Without tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding change as they transformed restaurant counters into venues for sit-ins, bus trips in to Freedom Rides, and voter registration into bloody battlefields, the shining moments of the 1960s never would have become a possibility."

Clarence B. Jones: I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom Clarence B. Jones 2011

As historian Nick Kotz writes in Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws that Changed America, "Without tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding change as they transformed restaurant counters into venues for sit-ins, bus trips in to Freedom Rides, and voter registration into bloody battlefields, the shining moments of the 1960s never would have become a possibility."

Clarence B. Jones: I Woke Up This Morning with My Mind Set on Freedom Clarence B. Jones 2011