More Assassination LBJ Leaves Parkland 1:26 p.m. Nov. 22, 1963 Lyndon B. Johnson leaves Parkland for Air Force One at Dallas Love Field to return to Washington D.C.More Assassination Rifle Discovered 1:22 p.m. Nov. 22, 1963 Dallas officers find hidden rifle in northwest section of the...
The images of the assault on the marchers accelerated the passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965. Johnson shakes hands with King after signing the VRA at the US Capitol. (Yoichi Okamoto/LBJ Library) August 6, 1965 Johnson signs the VRA into law Designed to undergird the protect...