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Higher Education Act of 1965
President Johnson signed the HEA in the old Strahan Gym at Texas State University-San Marcos. This landmark legislation made it possible for many students to afford college.



Lyndon Johnson at Southwest Texas State College
Link to silent film of Johnson singing HEA.



State of the Union Address, 1965
President Johnson declares unconditional war on poverty.



Inauguration 1965
LBJ officially becomes President of the United States





Test your knowledge of Johnson history!



This photo was taken in 1941,
at Southwest Texas State Teachers
College (now Texas State University-
San Marcos). Can you name all
four men in this picture?




(A) Howard M. Greene, Cecil E. Evans, Lyndon Johnson, Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr. (Lyndon's father)
(B) Walter Richter, John Garland Flowers, Lyndon Johnson, Ed Cape
(C) Lyndon Johnson, Cecil E. Evans, John Wayne, Thomas G. Harris
(D) Raymond M. Cavness, Ed Cape, Lyndon Johnson, Cecil E. Evans.
Luci Baines Johnson speaks at the Grand Opening of the LBJ Museum of San Marcos, Dec. 6, 2006

View the 2-minute slideshow documenting the Grand Opening of the LBJ Museum of San Marcos