Episode
Texas Matters: 1964, Civil Rights and the Lady Bird Special
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- Texas Matters
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- Feb 13, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1739
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Summary
In October 1964, as the South simmered under the tensions following the signing of the Civil Rights Act three months earlier, First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, began a whistle-stop tour of the South. She shattered the expectations of a presidential spouse with speeches, diplomacy, and palpable compassion as she encouraged the South to leave Jim Crow behind.