Only begins with trees, flowers and landscaping. 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 savvy partner to her husband, Lyndon Baines johnson. Good evening. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson known toe everyone as lady bird. Here too tell her story tonight are Cokie Roberts, the author of two books about womens political history, founding mothers and ladies of liberty. Thanks for being here. And we have an expert, with a number books from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, currently working on a new biography of Lady Bird Johnson. Ladies, i want to start with the beginning of where we were 50 years ago this week. Bhamp the immediate challenges in the first terrible day. They were enormous. First of all, nobody knew if there was a widespread plot. So the country was in terror for a period of time. Then
Far more than a matter of cosmetics. For me, it describes the whole effort to bring the Natural World and the man made world into harmony, to bring order, usefulness, delight to our whole environment. And that of course only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping. Thats Lady Bird Johnson talking about beautification. She was a successful business woman and a savvy political p t partner to our president. Tonight well tell you the story of Claudia Taylor johnson, known to everyone as lady bird. Here to tell our story are two guests, Cokie Roberts, political analyst, also author, savvy mothers and ladies of liberty. B betty boyd caroli. I want to start at the beginning, 50 years ago this week. This is an administration birthed in national tragedy. What were the immediate challenges for the brandnew first couple in those first terrible days after the assassination of kennedy. Well, they were enormous. First of all, nobody knew whether there was a widespread plot, so the country was
Little bit about who you are just in case. You grow up how do your parents get to new jersey . Just for my father is 82yearsold, born in 1937 in longview texas and raised in galveston under segregation under jim crow. War on poverty i and the initiative and he met my mother where he was heading up the program and she was fresh out of college and she is the daughter of evangelical christians and certainly opposed to interracial marriage in the 1960s and 70s. He was really unhappy and moved to oregon and Washington State and vendor. By the time i was born, my father was running sat preparation. He was tutoring students who come to the house with subjects in math and science thats how s in the family so we became kind of captive livein students. We studied with him on the weekends and evenings and during summer break and that is basically what made up the schools my father believed that it would be better there but it wasnt. He wanted to get us out of our neighborhood. We were in an infor
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And we want to congratulate all orthodox believers on the past easter and remind us that we will celebrate it for another whole week, because this is bright week, and today people called it wet monday, you know why, if you want to tell us, because today the weather forecasters announced an orange level of danger to us , perhaps today we will interpret it this way, in fact, our ancestors believed that girls on this day should give their lovers colored eggs, in turn. Their lovers poured water on them, so that the girl maintains beauty and health, thats why monday was called wet. I would really like my husband not to hear this today, because i wouldnt want to be doused with water this evening. Friends, i will repeat, about the current information for today, that unfortunately an orange danger level has been announced due to rains, but do not worry, very soon the weather will again acquire spring notes, so to speak, spring colors. By the way, we will have a wonderful celebration this week.