I didn't know much about LBJ apart from that he was #VEEP when #JFK was assassinated:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lyndon-B-Johnson

...and that he did get a lot of #CivilRights legislation passed.

I now agree with his biographer, #Caro, that his achievement in reforming the #Senate make him an exemplary figure in #US #history.

Key events in his life:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lyndon-B-Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson | Biography, Presidency, Civil Rights, Vietnam War, & Facts

Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th U.S. president, who championed civil rights and the ‘Great Society’ but unsuccessfully oversaw the Vietnam War.

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