Born: August 27, 1908, in Stonewall, Texas... Lyndon Johnson was the first president to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court. On June 13, 1967, Johnson named Thurgood Marshall ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson at the speaker's podium addressing ... can do when you see its scars on the hopeful face of a young child," Johnson said. LBJ said he never thought he'd have the ...