The President: April 1968. MP895 (1280x720)

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Public domain. White House Naval Photographic Unit.

White House grounds

Recap of LBJ's address to the nation, Oval Office, 3/31/1968
Patrick Nugent, Luci Johnson Nugent looking on
Lynda Johnson Robb looking on

Newspaper reaction to 3/31/1968 address to the nation
LBJ speech to National Association of Broadcasters conference, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 3/1/1968
Dissolve to LBJ, others debarking Air Force One, greeting Mayor Richard Daley, others, Chicago, Illinois, 4/1/1968
LBJ greeting people on stage as he moves toward the podium at the 46th Annual Convention of the National Assn. of Broadcasters

Vietnam Peace Talks
Meeting With Amb. Arthur Goldberg, Oval Office

Newspaper headlines declaring Hanoi's willingness to enter peace negotiations
LBJ meeting with advisors, Oval Office
Cabinet meeting
Meeting with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy
V.P. Hubert Humphrey's candidacy

Ceremony for the new Archbishop of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, 4/4/1968

U Thant, United Nations Plaza, New York City, 4/4/1968

Assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Newspaper headlines
Riot footage
LBJ meeting with black leaders, White House, 4/5/1968

LBJ, Sec. Clark Clifford, others in discussion, White House Cabinet Room
Mayor Walter Washington talking
LBJ reading a paper, Justice Thurgood Marshall sitting next to LBJ
Close-up of V.P. Hubert Humphrey listening
LBJ, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Mike Mansfield listening
Rev. Walter Fauntroy listening
Whitney Young listening
Speaker McCormack listening
Roy Wilkins talking
Bayard Rustin listening

Post-riot footage

LBJ's address to the nation proclaiming a Day of Mourning for Dr. King, Fish Room, 4/5/1968
Mayor Washington, Thurgood Marshall, others look on

Footage of soldiers occupying city streets

Lady Bird Johnson's trip across Texas, 4/5-9/1968

Gen. William Westmoreland, 4/6-7/1968
Meeting with LBJ, Family Room
Press conference, West Lobby
Dissolve to LBJ speaking at a microphone cluster, Sec. Dean Rusk, others looking on, White House West Lobby, 4/7/1968
LBJ leaving the microphone cluster, Gen. Westmoreland stepping up

Cabinet meeting, White House

LBJ meeting with advisors, Camp David, Maryland, 4/9/1968
LBJ greeting Amb. Bunker, Sec. Dean Rusk, Sec. Clark Clifford, Gen. Wheeler, they walk away
Amb. Harriman talking

President & Mrs. Josef Klaus (Austria) visit, South Lawn, 4/10/1968

Signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, East Room, 4/11/1968

Park scenes in Washington, DC
LBJ and family in Texas, 4/13-14/1968

LBJ trip to Hawaii, 4/15-17/1968
Discussion with advisors, aides aboard AF1, 4/15/1968
William Bundy listening
Cyrus Vance listening
Angier Biddle Duke listening
Gen. Wheeler talking
Walt Rostow talking

LBJ arrival, Honolulu International Airport, 4/15/1968
Parade through downtown Honolulu, 4/15/1968

Arrival at the Iolani Palace, 4/15/1968
Mexico-United States Inter-parliamentary Conference, 4/15/1968

Meeting With President Park (South Korea), Korean Consulate, 4/17/1968
LBJ departs Hawaii, 4/17/1968

Meeting with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, March AFB, California, 4/18/1968

LBJ and family at the LBJ Ranch, Texas

Cabinet meeting, White House Cabinet Room

Democratic Party dinner, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 4/24/1968

Annual diplomatic reception, White House
Mr. & Mrs. V.P. Hubert Humphrey, Lady Bird Johnson, LBJ, others standing together, military men walking by

Luncheon in honor of private donors to the Beautification program, Rose Garden
Color still photo of Lady Bird Johnson, Mayor Washington standing together
Lady Bird Johnson tour of the Buchanan School playground, Washington, DC
Signing of the DC Elected Board of Education Act, East Room, 4/22/1968
Park scenes in Washington, DC
Lady Bird Johnson at unveiling of the Bess Truman portrait, 4/18/1968
Swearing-in of Marvin Watson as Postmaster General, Rose Garden, 4/26/1968
LBJ meeting with members of the Urban Institute, Cabinet Room, 4/26/1968
Special Message to Congress on Strengthening the International Monetary System, transmitted 4/30/1968
LBJ's discussions with advisors, post-riot footage, park scenes