JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party

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1 1 JFK speaking at Faneuil Hall in Boston, July 4, 1946. Seated behind JFK is Mayor James M. Curley. Seated at left is John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald. 2 2 JFK and his wife Jacqueline visit Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts on June 3, 1955. 3 LBJ with campaign helicopter in 1948. 3 4 4 DNC chairman Paul M. Butler. 5 Free speech demonstration at Berkeley on November 20, 1964. 6 Harry S. Truman, JFK, and LBJ at a Democratic dinner in Washington, DC on March 9, 1961. 5 6 7 JFK arrives in Quonset Point, Rhode Island on August 27, 1962. The photo was taken by George W. Locksie, Jr. 8 LBJ takes oath of office aboard Air Force One, November 22, 1963. 7 8 9 9 LBJ on the phone in the White House, January 10, 1964. 10 10 RFK at a cabinet meeting, January 28, 1964. 11 LBJ greets crowds in Providence, Rhode Island on September 28, 1964. 12 LBJ and RFK campaigning in Brooklyn, New York on October 14, 1964. 11 12 13 Hubert H. Humphrey at the White House on June 21, 1965. 14 LBJ and Harry S. Truman at the bill signing ceremony for Medicare, July 30, 1965. In the background are Lady Bird Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, and Bess Truman. 15 DNC chairman John M. Bailey in the Oval Office, January 7, 1966. 13 15 14 16 17 18 16 LBJ visiting American troops in South Vietnam on October 26, 1966. 17 LBJ visiting wounded soldiers in South Vietnam on October 26, 1966. 18 Cesar Chavez in 1966. 19 LBJ and John M. Bailey at DNC headquarters on July 20, 1967. 20 Senator Philip Hart and Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh survey riot destruction in Detroit in 1967. 21 Senator Eugene M. McCarthy campaigning in New Haven, Connecticut on April 3, 1968. 19 20 21 22 22 RFK campaigning in Mishawaka, Indiana, 1968. 23 RFK and Ethel Kennedy campaigning in South Bend, Indiana in 1968. With them are Democratic county chairman Ideal Baldoni, vice chairman Freda Noble, and Jeanne Baldoni. 23 24 25 26 24 Army troops marching in Chicago in August, 1968. 25 Army jeeps and barricades during the Democratic national convention riots in Chicago in August, 1968. 26 Street demonstration in Chicago in August, 1968. 28 27 29 27 Police preparing for riots in Chicago in August, 1968. 28 An antiwar demonstration in Chicago in August, 1968. Photo by Earl Seubert. 29 1968 campaign photo of Hubert H. Humphrey and Edmund S. Muskie. 30 30 JFK and LBJ in 1960 campaign photo. ...