A beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. To me, it describes the whole effort to bring the Natural World and the manmade world into harmony, to bring youthfulness, delight, to our whole environment and that, of course, only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping. That is it from a film created about the johnson family. Lady bird johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman and savvy partner to her husband, Lyndon Johnson. Good evening. Theght, we will tell you story of Claudia Taylor johnson known as lady bird, the wife of our 36th president. Here to tell her story are Cokie Roberts, political commentary for abc news and npr, also the author of two books, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Betty boyle curly is an expert and working on a biography of Lady Bird Johnson. I want to start with the beginning, where we were 50 years ago this week, this is an administrati
Conversations with experts, tors of historical sites, and questions from cspans audience, we tell the stories of the first ladies. Now, Lady Bird Johnson. This is about two hours. Lady bird johnson a beautification to my mind is far more than a matter of cosmetics. To me, it describes the whole effort to bring the Natural World and the manmade world into harmony. To bring order, usefulness, delight to our whole environment. That, of course, only begins with trees, flowers, and landscaping. Susan swain thats from a film created by the Johnson Administration with Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification, her signature issue as first lady. She was a natural campaigner, successful businesswoman, and a savvy political partner to her husband, our 36th president , Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening, and welcome to cspans first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird, the wife of our 36th president. Here to te
Nations economy, solving this Nations Health care crisis. Cookbook foro being first lady. The future is not something that is out there waiting to happen to us. The future is something that we make. I have said, and i believe, that there is a good possibility that sometime in the next 20 years, we will have a woman president. Hillary clinton clocked many firsts in her role as first lady. As she considers another bid for the white house herself, Hillary Clintons story. Her story is still being written. Tonight we will tell you the story of the spouse of our 42nd president , Hillary Clinton. Here to tell us the story for the next 90 minutes are two journalists who know the clintons well by covering them for many years. A biographer of Hillary Clinton, her book in 2000 was called hillarys choice. And david, whose home base is authorton post, is the of many books. Two of them are about the clintons. Welcome to both of you. As we start here, i want to play a bit of video from 1992. It is on
History bookshelf with the bestknown American History writers. The presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanders in chief. Lectures in history with top college professors. And our new series reelameri filmsaturing educational from the 1930s through the 1970s. Tv and3 created by cable funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. On september 24, 9064, chief justice earl war and handed a report of the president s commission on the assassination of president kennedy to president Lyndon Johnson in the oval office. The seven commissioners pictured here with president johnson and general counsel rankin concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing president kennedy. The Warren Commission work for nine months in this billing, the Washington Office of the vfw. A short walk from the Supreme Court and the u. S. Capitol. A fourth a camera and Floor Conference Room to talk to investigative jo
Stronger. Eleanor roosevelt was wrong the the gender of but shec bronze figure, aptured perfectly the peace of god that passth understanding. Youre watching american istory tv, all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. To join the conversation, like cspan cebook at history. 50 years ago on september 24, Supreme Court chief Justice Warren handed a report assassination of kennedy to president Lyndon Johnson in the oval office. Pictured commissioners here with president johnson and counsel jay lee ranken Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing john f. Kennedy. The Warren Commissioner worked n this building, a short walk from the u. S. Supreme Court Building and the u. S. Capitol. Camera in a fourth Floor Conference Room to talk to shenon, whose book a cruel and shocking act the history of the kennedy assassination examines the work, using key phone calls, documents, and artifacts, he explains some of the lingering regarding the warren report. First we take a brief tour of the Warren Commissi