Nice biography of lyndon B johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson was a great man. He fought against racism and sexual discrimination. He was a vice-president, president, and a senator. Some people say he was the best president we have ever had. Others don't like him at all. Like him or dislike him either way he made a big impact on the United Sates. Johnson was born on Aug. 27, 1908, near Johnson City, Tex., the eldest son of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah …

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…close race with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. After stepping down from the presidency in January 1969, Johnson returned to his ranch in Texas. There he and his aides prepared his memoirs, which were published in 1971 as The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969. He also supervised construction of the Johnson presidential library in Austin. Johnson died on Jan. 22, 1973, 5 days before the conclusion of the treaty by which the United States withdrew from Vietnam.