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LBJ in the Oval Office

At this site, you can listen to some President Lyndon Johnson's most important speeches and peer into the Oval Office through secretly recorded conversations made by Johnson during his presidency.

Listening to these audio files requires installation of the free RealAudio Player. It is available from RealAudio.


  • Johnson's Vietnam Anguish, May 27, 1964
  • Selected Telephone Conversations Concerning the Special Commission to Investigate the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (The Warren Commission), November 24-29, 1963
  • Johnson's Address to a Joint Session of Congress introducing the Voting Rights Act, March 15, 1965
  • Johnson's Address on Civil Rights, June 4, 1965

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    Last modified: 2 July 1997