Dr. Martin Luther King, LBJ, and JFK For Black History Month we
have released some new transcripts of conversations between Dr.
Martin Luther King and President Johnson from 1965. August 20,
1965 | In the midst of the Watts riots, President Johnson and
Dr. King discuss how to fix the underlying problems. January 15,
1965 | In responding to Dr. King's suggestion for the
appointment of African American to a Cabinet-level post, Johnson
laid out his priorities on racial matters, particularly in
legislation and in Cabinet-level appointments. Johnson and King
discuss the importance of the Voting Rights Act in the context
of much broader legislation to help black Americans, especially
poor black Americans. July 7, 1965 | Dr. King and President
Johnson discuss legislative tactics and King tries to explain
his public criticism of the Johnson administration's conduct of
the Vietnam War. Following the September 15 bombing of
Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, in which four
black girls were killed, President K