Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson from A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr and what is their importance?

President Lyndon Baines Johnson was Kennedy's Vice-President and President after Kennedy's assassination. Johnson headed the Civil Rights Commission, and he called for the rights of the Negro people. After the violence at Selma, he addressed a joint session of Congress, revealing an understanding of the depth and dimensions of the racial injustice problem. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Bill of 1965, believing that it would end racism. He was wrong.