Where Lyndon Johnson appears
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…t much of a Kennedy supporter.” “Well, by that time | was crying because it had also come over the wires that Lyndon Johnson was already preparing to be sworn in as the new president.” It was encouraging to find that in person this supersta...
…e for a meeting when we returned. At our counter-convention we all attended an Unbirthday Party for President Lyndon Johnson at the Coliseum, with Ed Sanders, leader of the Fugs, serving as emcee. The atmosphere was highly emotional. Dick G...
ow. Two years previously, Negro comedians performed only in Negro nightclubs, and Gregory was no exception. But one evening the regular white comic at the Playboy Club got sick, and Gregory took his place. It made Time magazine, and he was...
hat I kicked him in the shins. Back in the safety of our hotel that night, I recalled an early formal debate at Whittier College—“Resolved: that insects are more beneficial than harmful”—because I had been so intrigued as to how insects did...
…e in my bed this very minute--I just had to tell you.” It is difficult to ascertain where on the continuum of Lyndon Johnson's personality innocent boorishness ends and deliberate sadism begins. To have summoned then-Secretary of the Treasu...
a disease that also afflicted my father. I visited with David all through his illness
