Civil Rights | The LBJ Telephone Tapes

Civil Rights

November 25, 1963

“In Memory of President Kennedy”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Martin Luther King Jr.

Kennedy Agenda

Martin Luther King Jr., Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, and Geraldine Whittington talk together at White House

January 6, 1964

“I’m Not a Hater and a Bigot”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Whitney M. Young Jr.

Judiciary, Appointments

Roy Wilkins and President Lyndon Johnson lean toward each other talking

January 16, 1964

“Find Some of the Top People”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Roy O. Wilkins

Appointments

LBJ signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

June 22, 1964

“Go On and Report My Poverty Bill”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Charles A. “Charlie” Halleck

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Burned out car in Mississippi countryside

June 23, 1964

“We Found the Car”

Lyndon B. Johnson | J. Edgar Hoover

Freedom Summer

LBJ on the phone with FBI missing poster of three civil rights workers

June 23, 1964

“We Got Three Kids Missing”

Lyndon B. Johnson | James O. "Jim" Eastland

Freedom Summer

June 23, 1964

“Likely That None of Them Were Burned”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Robert Goodman | Anne Schwerner | Lee C. White

Freedom Summer

African American and white supporters of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party holding signs in front of the convention hall at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey

January 15, 1965

“A Right to Vote”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Martin Luther King Jr.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Clergy members and supporters knee on the road, while police and reporters watch in Selma

March 10, 1965

“This Minister Is Going to Die, Isn’t He?”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Nicholas deB. "Nick" Katzenbach

Selma

Alabama Governor George Wallace stands next to President Lyndon Johnson

March 18, 1965

“He Is Absolutely Treacherous”

Lyndon B. Johnson | E. Buford Ellington | Juanita Roberts

Selma

Law enforcement agents inspect the crime scene surrounding Viola Liuzzo's car.

March 26, 1965

“We Know Who They Are”

Lyndon B. Johnson | J. Edgar Hoover

Selma

LBJ and Martin Luther King Jr. sitting at a table during a meeting

July 7, 1965

“A Very Complex Problem”

Lyndon B. Johnson | Martin Luther King Jr.

Voting Rights Act of 1965