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The Presidents: LBJ (Part 2)

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Follow LBJ from his roots in rural Texas to his sudden ascendancy to the presidency following the assassination of JFK. Surprising many, Johnson’s forceful stand on civil rights and Great Society programs lead him to an overwhelming victory in 1964.

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