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Pro  The Huntland Strategy Memo
 Claudia A. T.JohnsonFormer First Lady of the United States. aka: Lady Bird Johnson.
 Lyndon B.Johnson36th President of the United States.
 BarryGoldwaterFormer U.S. senator.
 RobertMcNamaraFormer U.S. Secretary of Defense.
 John F.Kennedy35th President of the United States. aka: Jack.
 Lynda Lyndon's elder daughter.
 Luci Lyndon's younger daughter.
 Dr.CainOne of Lyndon B. Johnson's doctors.
 Dr.HurstOne of Lyndon B. Johnson's doctors.
 Martin LutherKing Jr.African-American Baptist pastor and social activist.
 EugeneMcCarthyFormer U.S. senator.
 RobertKennedyFormer U.S. Attorney General. aka: Bobby.
 WilliamDouglasFormer Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of U.S.
 RichardRussellLyndon B. Johnson's mentor.
 WalterJenkinsLBJ's closest White House aide.
   Act I August 1960-January 1965
1  The Surrogate
 EthelKennedyRobert Kennedy's wife.
 MaryMcGroryAmerican journalist.
 Jacqueline B.KennedyFormer First Lady of the United States. aka: Jackie.
 JosephKennedyJohn F. Kennedy's father and political counsel.
 AdlaiStevensonFormer Governor of Illinois.
 SamuelRayburnFormer Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. aka: Sam.
 JohnConnallyLBJ's long-time aide.
 NancyDickersonA journalist.
 RoseKennedyJFK's mother.
 StuartSymingtonFormer U.S. Secretary of the Air force.
 RichardNixon37th President of the United States.
 ArthurSchlesinger Jr.American historian.
 Mary ElizabethCarpenterLady Bird's Chief of Staff and communications director.
 Esther Van W.TuftyAmerican journalist.
 LeslieCarpenterLiz's Carpenter's husband. aka: Les.
 Eunice K.ShriverAmerican philanthropist.
 Patricia K.LawfordAmerican socialite and JFK's sister.
 BessFurmanAmerican journalist.
 Patricia J.DoyleThe foundation's program officer for cultural affairs.
 RichardKlebergFormer U.S. representative.
 Thomas J.TaylorLady Bird's father.
 BillMoyersFormer White House Secretary.
 IndiraGandhiFormer Prime Minister of India.
 FarahPahlaviThe widow of the last Shah of Iran.
 RalphYarboroughFormer U.S. senator.
 Patrick B.KennedyJFK's son.
 BessAbellLady Bird's permanent White House staff.
 EarleClementsFormer Governor of Kentucky.
 Helen One of Bess' household staff.
 GeneWilliamsOne of Bess' household staff.
2  "Shame for Texas"
 RufusYoungbloodA United States Secret Service agent. aka: Rufe.
 Rebekah B.JohnsonLBJ's mother.
 Franklin D.Roosevelt32nd President of the United States.
 Lee HarveyOswaldJFK's assassin.
 John Jr. JFK's son. aka: John-John.
 Caroline JFK's daughter.
 AbrahamLincoln16th President of the United States.
 Mary GenevaEisenhowerFormer First Lady of the United States. aka: Mamie.
 AgathaChristieAn English writer.
 Harry S.Truman33rd President of the United States.
 Rachel L.MellonAn American horticulturalist and gardener. aka: Bunny Mellon.
 WilliamShakespeareAn English playwright.
 TedKennedyFormer U.S. senator.
 William H.Taft27th President of the United States.
 Charles deGaulleFormer President of France.
 LudwigErhardFormer chancellor of Germany.
 Prince Philip Duke of Edinberg.
 James BernardWestFormer White House chief usher.
 AndrewJackson7th President of the United States.
 TheodoreSorensenJFK's speechwriter. aka: Ted.
 FrankStantonAmerican broadcasting executive.
 DavidSarnoffAmerican businessman; pioneer of American radio and television.
 CliffordDurrA civil rights lawyer.
 RobertLeeA confederate general during American Civil War.
3  Transition, Succession
 JamesRestonAmeican journalist. aka: Scotty.
 ClarkCliffordJFK's lawyer.
 AverellHarrimanFormer Governor of New York.
 MichelleObamaFormer First Lady of the United States.
 HelenThomasAmerican reporter and author.
 FrancesLewineAmerican journalist and White House correspondent.
 DorisFleesonAmerican journalist and columnist.
 MaryLaskerAmerican health activist and philanthropist.
 Albert Mary Lasker's husband.
 EzraRachlinA pianist and conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra.
 Johann S.BachA German composer.
 JohannesBrahmsA German composer.
 Ludwig vanBeethovenA German composer and pianist.
 LindaLoftisMiss Texas in 1961.
 VanCliburnAmerican pianist.
 RobertSchumannA German composer.
 MarieFehmerSecretary to the president LBJ.
 JuanitaRobertsLBJ's principal secretary and confidant.
 GeraldineWhittingtonLBJ's personal executive secretary. aka: Gerri.
 HoraceBusbyAmerican opinion journalist . speechwriter, consultant.
 RoyWilkinsA prominent activist in the Civil Rights Movement.
 ArleneFrancisAmerican actress, radio and TV talk show host.
 SteveAllenAmerican TV personality.
 DorothyKilgallenAmerican journalist and columnist.
 BenettCerfAmerican author.
4  "Thank Yu, Mrs. Vice President 12:31 AM
 BettyFriedanAmerican feminist writer and activist.
 EleanorRooseveltFormer First Lady of the United States.
 HelenGahaganLBJ's one-time mistress.
 Cleopatra Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
 MaryBuntingThe Radcliffe College president.
 AbigailAdamsFormer Forst Lady of the United States.
 HillaryRodhamFormer U.S. Secretary of State.
 Minnie LeePattilloLady Bird'd mother.
 Thomas Jr. One of Minnie Lee's son.
 Antonio One of Minnie Lee's son.
 Claud Minnie's brother.
 EffiePattilloMinnie's sister.
 CharlesBartlettAmerican journalist.
 MarianAndersonAfrican-American contralto.
 MariaTallchiefA ballet dancer.
 GeorgeBalanchineAmerican ballet choreographer.
 EleanorPresleyThe director of a rocket and spacecraft integration division.
 KateTuchmanThe principal in a public school in Manhatan.
 BarbaraSolomonAn associate Dean at Radcliffe College.
 KatieLouchheimA poet and a writer.
 ElizabethJanewayAmerican author and critic. aka: Babs.
 Hester BeallProvensenLady Bird's speech coach.
 BarbaraWardBritish economist and writer.
 EdmundBurkeAn Irish-British statesman, economist and philosopher.
 ArthurRobertsonA Scottish runner.
 Mrs.RobertsonArthur's wife.
 Judy Ann Mr. and Mrs. Robertson's only daughter.
5  The Urban Environment
 Aristotle A Greek philosopher.
 Robert Gillman A.JacksonA UN administrator.
 John KennethGalbraithCanadian-American economist.
 JackValentiWhite House aide.
 RichardGoodwinAmerican writer and presidential adviser.
 TomHaydenAmerican social and political activist.
 MichaelHarringtonAn American writer.
 LeCorbusierA Swiss-American architect.
 RobertMosesFormer Secretary of State of New York.
 EdwardLogueAmerican Urban planner.
 CharlesGoodmanAmerican architect.
 JamesBaldwinAmerican writer.
 LewisMumfordAmerican historian.
 Louise BushBrownAn author.
 VictorGruenAustrian architect.
 IanMettargScottish landscape architect and author.
 LawrenceHalprinAmerican landscape architect.
 JaneJacobsAmerican-Canadian journalist.
 SusanBrownmillerAmerican journalist.
 CarlSanburgAmerican poet.
 WaltWhitmanAmerican poet.
 StewartUdallFormer United States Secretary of the Interior.
 LeeUdallStewart's wife.
 Frank LloydWrightAmerican architect.
 Tom Stewart and Lee's eldest son.
 SharonFrancisEssential liaison for Udall.
 WallaceStegnerAmerican novelist.
 ThomasJefferson3rd President of the United States.
 Henry DavidThoreauAmerican naturalist.
 TheodoreRoosevelt26th President of the United States.
 JohnMuirScottish-American naturalist and author.
 Frederick LawOlmstedAmerican landscape architect.
 RachelCarsonAmerican marine biologist, writer, and conservationist.
6  "We Might Have a Small War on Our Hands"
 McGeorgeBundyFormer National Security Adviser of the United States. aka: Mac.
 Ho ChiMinhFormer President of North Vietnam.
 MargyMcNamaraAmerican journalist and TV critic.
 DeanRuskFormer U.S. Secretary of State.
 Virginia Dean Rusk's wife.
 JohnMcConeFormer United States Director of Central Intelligence.
 Henry CabotLodge Jr.Former U.S. senator.
 WoodrowWilson28th President of the United States.
 EdithWilsonWoodrow Wilson's second wife.
 RobertByrdFormer U.S. senator.
 EverettDirksenFormer minority leader of the U.S. senate.
 CharlesWeltnerAmerican jurist.
 LesterMaddoxFormer governor of Georgia.
 William ButlerYeastsFormer senator of the Irish Free State.
 J. EdgarHooverFormer Director of the NBI.
 KandiOhnoJapanese-American designer.
 UThantFormer Secretary General of the United Nations.
 GregoryPeckAmerican actor.
 FredricMarchAmerican actor.
 ErichLeinsdorfAustrian conductor.
 PeterYarrowAmerican singer-songwriter.
 PaulStookeyAmerican singer-songwriter.
 MaryTraversAmerican singer-songwriter.
 BobDylanAmerican singer-songwriter.
7  The Strategist: The 1964 Campaign
 DouglassCaterAmerican journalist.
 HubertHumphreyFormer Vice-President of the United States.
 GeorgeReedyFormer White House Press Secretary.
 AlbertMoursundAmerican lawyer and politician.
 MikeNicholsAmerican film director.
 PaulNewmanAmerican actor and film director.
 VicDamoneAmerican singer.
 BarbraStreisandAmerican singer.
 OscarBrown Jr.American singer-songwriter.
 PierreSalingerFormer U.S. senator.
 HillaryClintonFormer First Lady of the United states.
 LindyBoggsFormer U.S. repsentative.
 HaleBoggsFormer U.S. representative.
 VirginiaDurrAmerican activist.
 HarperLeeAmerican novelist.
 BessTrumanFormer First Lady of the United States.
 KennyO'DonnellFormer White House Appointments Secretary of the United States.
 ThomasEliotA poet, essayist, publisher and playwright.
 A. WillisRobertsonFormer member of the U.S. senate.
 George CorleyWallaceFormer governor of Alabama.
 StormThurmundFormer governor of South Carolina.
 HermanTalmadgeFormer governor of Georgia.
 BettyTalmadgeHerman's ex-wife.
 HarryByrdFormer governor of Virginia.
 TerrySanfordFormer member of the U.S. senate.
 BobbyBakerLBJ's political adviser.
 AbeFortasFormer assistant justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
 Marjorie Walter Jenkin's wife.
 BillyGrahamJohnson's close friend.
8  "Our Presidency"
 JamesMonroe5th President of the United States.
 PedroSanjuanA DNC official working on the Hispanic vote.
 JeanLouisLady Bird's longtime Georgetown hairdresser.
 AlfredHitchcockBritish film director and producer.
 ElaineMayAmerican screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian.
 CarolChanningAmerican actress.
 JulieAndrewsEnglish actress, singer, and author.
 CarolBurnettAmerican actress, comedian, singer, and writer.
 WoodyAllenAmerican filmmaker.
 LenaEdwardsA New Jersey physician.
 RalphMcGillAmerican journalist.
 A. PhilipRandolphA Black American civil rights activist, labor unionist, politician.
 Wilem deKooningA Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist.
 EarlWarrenThe chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
 WinstonChurchillFormer British Prime Minister.
   Act II: February 1965-December 1967
9  Beautification, Euphemism by Design
 RobertMcNamaraThe eighth United States Secretary of Defense. aka: Bob.
 ElizabethRoweLady Bird's friend. aka: Libby.
 NashCastroThe National Park Service liaison to the White House.
 Pierre CharlesL'EnfantA French-born American architect.
 JamesMacMilanA Scottish classical composer and conductor.
 WalterWashingtonFormer mayor of the District of Columbia.
 ThurgoodMarshallUS Supreme Court justice from 1967 to 1991.
 Bennetta B.WashingtonAmerican educator and community leader.
 James HenryRoweA lawyer, politician, government official. aka: Jimmy.
 MarkTwainAmerican author and humorist.
 LauranceRockefelerAmerican businessman, financier, philanthropist.
 Nathaniel A.OwingsAmerican architect.
 LouisSkidmoreAmerican architect.
 MichelleObamaFormer First Lady of the United States.
 Jimmie LeeJacksonAfrican American civil rights activist.
 Malcolm X American human rights activist.
 WilliamWestmorelandUnited States Army general.
 JohnLewisAmerican politician and civil rights activist.
 HoseaWilliamsAmerican civil rights leader and activist.
 NicholasKatzenbachServed as U.S. Attorney General during the LBJ's administration.
 BillBaxterLady Bird's pastor.
 J. WilliamFulbrightAmerican senator
10  "We Could Fall Flat on Our Faces"
 Franklin D.Roosevelt32nd President of the United States.
 Dwight D.Eisenhower34th President of the United States.
 Roger L.StevensAn American real estate executive.
 EricGoldmanA law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law.
 BarbaraleeDiamonsteinAmerican architectural historian.
 LeontynePriceThe first African American singer.
 S. DillonRipleyAn ornithologist, served as the 8th Secretary of the Smithsonian.
 JosephHirshhornAn entrepreneur, financier, and art collector.
 AugusteRodinA French sculptor.
 EdgarDegasA French artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
 HenryMooreAn English sculptor.
 ConstantinBrâncușiRomanian sculptor, photographer and painter.
 Pierre-AugusteRenoirFrench painter and sculptor.
 AlbertoGiacomettiSwiss sculptor and painter.
 HenriMatisseFrench artist.
 PabloPicassoSpanish artist.
 ThomasEakinsAmerican painter.
 EdvardMunchNorwegian painter.
 JacksonPollockAmerican painter.
 AndrewMellonAmerican banker, philanthropist, art collector and politician.
 Olga Joseph Hirshhorn's new wife.
 JamesWhistlerAmerican painter.
 RembrandtPealeAmerican painter.
 BenjaminFranklinAmerican author, political theorist, scientist, Founding Father.
 John SingerSargentAmerican painter.
 AnselAdamsAmerican photographer and environmentalist.
 JosefAlbersGerman-American designer, painter, educator and typographer.
 RichardAnuszkiewiczAmerican painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
 RichardAvedonAmerican fashion and portrait photographer.
 LeonardBaskinAmerican sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist.
 Thomas HartBentonAmerican painter, muralist, and printmaker.
 HarryBertoiaAn Italian-born American artist, sound art sculptor.
 AlexanderCalderAmerican sculptor.
 RobertCapaA Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist.
 ImogenCunninghamAmerican photographer.
 StuartDavisAmerican painter.
 José deRiveraAmerican abstract sculptor.
 RichardDiebenkornAmerican painter and printmaker.
 AlfredEisenstaedtA German-born American photographer and photojournalist.
 WalkerEvansAmerican photographer and photojournalist.
 SamFrancisAmerican painter and printmaker.
 RobertFrankSwiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker.
 MorrisGtavesAmerican painter.
 GraceHartiganAmerican Abstract painter.
 HansHofmannGerman American painter.
 EdwardHopperAmerican realist painter and printmaker.
 RobertIndianaAmerican artist.
 JasperJohnsAmerican painter and sculptor.
 EllsworthKellyAmerican painter, sculptor, and printmaker.
 AndreKertészHungarian photographer.
 FranzKlineAmerican painter.
 DorotheaLangeAmerican documentary photographer and photojournalist.
 JacobLawrenceAfrican American painter and art professor.
 JackLevineAmerican painter and printmaker.
 JacquesLipchitzAmerican and French sculptor.
 BarbaraMorganAmerican teacher and astronaut.
 RobertMotherwellAmerican painter and printmaker.
 LouiseNevelsonAmerican sculptor.
 IsamuNoguchiJapanese American sculptor and designer.
 GeorgiaO'KeeffeAmerican artist.
 JacksonPollockAmerican artist.
 RobertRauschenbergAmerican painter and graphic artist.
 ManRayAmerican artist and photographer.
 LarryRiversAmerican artist, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor.
 MarkRothkoAmerican painter.
 BenShahnLithuanian painter and photographer.
 DavidSmithAmerican visual artist.
 EdwardSteichenAmerican photographer, artist and curator.
 AlfredStieglitzAmerican photographer and modern art promoter.
 PaulStrandAmerican artist.
 EdwardWestonAmerican photographer.
 GarryWinograndAmerican street photographer.
 AndrewWyethAmerican Realist painter.
 ArthurMillerAmerican playwright and essayist.
 MilardLampellAmerican movie and television screenwriter.
 MildredDunnockAmerican theater, film and television actress.
 AlfredHitchcockBritish film director and producer.
 EliaKazanAmerican film and theatre director.
 SarahVaughanBritish writer and journalist.
 Mark VanDorenAmerican poet and literary critic.
 SaulBellowCanadian-American writer.
 JohnHerseyAmerican journalist, novelist, professor.
 PhyllisMcGinleyAmerican poet and author.
 Catherine D.BowenAmerican writer.
 George F.KennanAmerican advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian.
 RobertLowellAmerican poet.
 Robert P.SilversAmerican lawyer and government official.
 HannahArendtGerman-American philosopher and political theorist.
 JulesFeifferAmerican cartoonist, screenwriter and playwright.
 LillianHellmanAmerican dramatist and screenwriter.
 AlfredKazinAmerican writer and literary critic.
 BernardMalamudAmerican novelist and short story writer.
 MaryMcCarthyAmerican novelist, critic and political activist.
 PhilipRothAmerican novelist and short story writer.
 WiliamStyronAmerican novelist and essayist.
 Robert PennWarrenAmerican poet, novelist, and literary critic.
 DwightMacdonaldAmerican writer, editor, film critic, social critic, philosopher.
 WilliamZorachAmerican sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer.
 RobertaPetersAmerican operatic soprano.
 DukeEllingtonAmerican pianist.
 IsabelleSheltonA journalist.
 MarySmithA reporter.
 Gary van denHeuvelAn author.
 MiriamDobbinA reporter.
 MaryMcGroryAmerican journalist and columnist.
 RalphEllisonAmerican novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer.
 JohnSteinbeckAmerican writer.
 RobertWeaver Canadian editor and broadcaster.
 Stephen CurrierA philanthropist.
 Craig Robert McNamara's son.
 PatNugentLuci Johnson's husband.
11  "Impeach Lady Bird"
 CarolAndersonAmerican academic.
 RosaParksAmerican activist in the civil rights movement.
 RoyWilkinsAfrican American rights activist.
 HonoréDaumierFrench printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor.
 RobertHenriAmerican painter.
 ChildeHassamAmerican painter.
 MaxErnstGerman painter, sculptor and graphic artist.
 JackButlerAmerican writer.
 WalterReutherA Labor union leader.
 SargentShriverAmerican diplomat, politician and activist.
 MarvinWatsonAn advisor to U.S. president LBJ and was Postmaster General.
 MaryRockefellerSpouse of Nelson Rockefeller, First Lady of New York.
 Wernher vonBraunAmerican aerospace engineer and space architect.
 BillMauldinAmerican editorial cartoonist.
 BobDoleAmerican politician and attorney.
12  "Little Flames of Fear"
 GordonBunshaftAmerican architect.
 MaxBrooksAmerican actor and author.
 SimonBreinesAn imaginative urbanist and architect.
 KayGrahamThe publisher of the The Washington Post.
 MargaretSangerAmerican birth control activist, educator and nurse.
 Lurleen George Wallace's wife.
 SammyYounge Jr.A civil rights activist.
 Adam ClaytonPowell Jr.American Baptist pastor and politician.
 WalterFauntroyAmerican pastor, civil rights activist, and politician.
 PaulineShackletonAmerican politician. aka: Polly.
 Ulysses S.Grant18th President of the United States.
 GeorgeHamiltonAmerican film and television actor.
 RichardNixon37th President of the United States.
13  At Home
 MarieLarkinRecipient of the National Gallery of Art Teaching Award.
 HelenWilliamsOne of Lady Bird's staff at home.
 GeneWilliamsThe gardener and handyman.
 ZephyrWrightLady Bird'd cook.
 Frank LBJ's aunt.
 Effie Lady Bird's aunt.
 JamesMeredithAmerican civil rights movement figure, writer, and political adviser.
 CecilleHarrisonLady Bird's acquaintance.
 HugoBlackFormer U.S. Supreme Court justice.
 Tom C.ClarkUnited States federal judge.
 Mary Tom Clark's wife.
 MollieParnisAmerican fashion designer.
 GeraldFord38th President of the United States.
 B.TravenGerman novelist.
 AlbertCamusFrench philosopher, author, and journalist.
 Gerald Pat Nugent's father.
 Tillie Pat Nugent's mother.
 Gerald Jr. Pat's elder brother.
 HaileSelassieEmperor of Ethiopia.
 Hassan II King of Morocco.
 ElizabethTylerAn artist.
 Alice RooseveltLongworthAmerican writer and socialite.
 Maria HesterMonroeDaughter of U.S. president James Monroe.
 CharlesWhitmanAmerican mass murderer.
 ClairWilsonWhitman first victim.
 PaulBoltonJohnson's family friend.
 EdieAdamsAmerican comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman.
 AnneBancroftAmerican actress.
14  Protest and the Urban Crisis
 NormanRockwellAmerican painter and illustrator.
 Ralph WaldoEmersonAmerican philosopher, essayist, and poet.
 NathanielCurrierAmerican lithographer.
 EdwardWarburgAmerican philanthropist and art patron.
 David K. E.BruceAmerican diplomat, intelligence officer and politician.
 Audrey MellonBruceDavid K.E. Bruce's daughter.
 Ailsa MellonBruceDavid K. E. Bruce's wife.
 AndrewMellonAmerican banker, philanthropist, art collector, and politician.
 MedgarEversAfrican-American civil rights activist.
 CountBasieAmerican jazz musician and composer.
 BillieHolidayAmerican jazz singer.
 Pearl MaeBaileyAmerican actress, singer, and author.
 Wolf VonEckardtGerman-American writer, art and architecture critic.
 AnnaHalprinLawrence's wife.
15  "There is a Stepchild City"
 RonaldReagan40th President of the United States.
 EdmundBrown32nd Governor of California. aka: Pat.
 FrancisDrakeAn English explorer, sea captain, privateer, naval officer.
 RobinsonJeffersAmerican poet.
 JoanBaezAmerican singer, songwriter, musician and activist.
 BerniceBrownEdmund "Pat" Brown's wife.
 HueyNewtonAmerican political activist.
 BobbySealeAmerican political activist.
 JoanDidionAmerican writer.
 WalterGropiusGerman-American architect.
 MarcelBreuerHungarian-American architect.
 László MoholyNagyHungarian artist.
 MarioChampiAn architect.
 Christian II King of Denmark and Norway.
 Lorenzo de'MediciItalian politician and humanist.
16  "Not a Luxury...but a Necessity"
 CarolFortasAbe Fortas' wife. A prominent Washinton attorney.
 JohnLindsayAmerican politician and lawyer.
17  Chaos or Community
 JesseLockeA writer and musician.
18  "Without the Momentum of Success"
 PatrickLyndonLuci's son. aka: Lyn.
 BarbaraGarsonAmerican playwright, author and social activist.
 Elaine Steinbeck's third wife.
 JohnFordAmerican film director.
 MuhammadAliAmerican boxer, philanthropist, and activist.
 James JarrellPickleAmerican politician, Democratic congressman. aka: Jake.
 Doris KearnsGoodwinAmerican biographer, historian, former sports journalist.
 TomClarkJohnson's close friend.
 Joseph A.Califano Jr.American attorney, professor, and public servant. aka: Joe.
 Ruth BaderGinsburgAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
 Sandra DayO'ConnorFormer Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
 PotterStewartUS Supreme Court justice.
 Oveta CulpHobbyUS Army officer and government official.
 Margaret ChaseSmithMember of the United States Senate from Maine.
 MarieRodgersA veteran of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
19  The Generation Gap
 ChuckRobbUnited States Marine.
 RobertSteinA film producer.
 PaulineKaelAmerican film critic.
 BarbaraTuchmanAmerican historian and author.
 GloriaSteinemAmerican feminist and journalist.
 TrumanCapoteAmerican novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor.
 MargotFonteynEnglish ballerina.
 HughHefnerAmerican businessman and magazine publisher.
 Clare BootheLuceAmerican writer, politician, ambassador, journalist.
 ChristineSadlerMcCall's Washington Bureau chief.
 GeorgeChristianLBJ's former Press secretary.
 WaltRostowAmerican economist, political theorist and government official.
 RichardHelmsDirector of the Central Intelligence Agency.
 J. WillisHurstAmerican physician who served as the cardiologist of Pres. LBJ.
 JamesBurnsAmerican historian and political scientist.
 RichardLeeA Democrat and a lontime mayor of New Haven.
 KingmanBrewsterAmerican educator, academic and diplomat.
 JamesRestonAmerican journalist and newspaper editor.
 Wiliam F.Buckley Jr.American public intellectual, author and political commentator.
 AllenGinsbergAmerican poet and writer.
 Arthur B.KrimAmerican lawyer.
   Act III: January 1968-August 1968
20  "Maggots of Doubt"
 Ashton G.GonellaLady Bird's secretary.
 LeeBayganLBJ's makeup man.
 LawrenceJoelUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient.
 CarlStokesFirst African-American mayor of Cleveland.
21  "Somewhere...Between the Words Gut and Pot"
 Coretta ScottKingAmerican civil rights activist and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
 JeannetteRankinAmerican congresswoman for Montana.
 MargaretMooreCanadian author of romance novels.
 MarthaColeCanadian artist.
 KatherinePedenKentucky business leader, politician, and government advisor.
 EarthaKittAmerican singer, actress, comedian, dancer and activist.
 JoshWhiteAmerican singer, guitarist, songwriter, and civil rights activist.
 Kenneth B.ClarkFirst African-American member of the NY State Board of Regents.
 JamesDeanAmerican actor.
 OrsonWellesAmerican actor, director, writer, and producer.
 Helen GurleyBrownAmerican author, publisher, and businesswoman.
 RobertKastenmeierAmerican Democratic politician. aka: Bob.
 SammyDavis Jr.American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, and comedian.
 WilliamCosbyAmerican stand-up comedian, actor, musician. aka: Bill.
 DickGregoryAmerican comedian, social activist, social critic, writer.
 JackAndersonAmerican newspaper columnist.
 SeymourHershAmerican investigative journalist.
 J. RobertOppenheimerAmerican theoretical physicist. The "father of the atomic bomb".
22  "Standing Still When I Should Be Running"
 WalterCronkiteAmerican broadcast journalist.
 FrankMcGeeAmerican television journalist.
 WilliamCalleyConvicted US-war criminal from the Vietnam War.
 NelsonRockefeller41st Vice President of the United States.
 MaryRockefellerLaurance's wife.
 BettyBealeFormer columnist and reporter for The Washington Evening Star.
 StanleyKramerAmerican film director and producer.
 SpencerTracyAmerican actor.
 KatharineHepburnAmerican actress.
 SidneyPoitierAmerican-Bahamian actor.
23  March 31, 1968
 Mathilde Arthur Krim's wife.
 AnatolyDobryninSoviet Russian diplomat and statesman.
 AbigailMcCarthyAmerican academic and writer and the wife of Eugene McCarthy.
 F. GrahamCootesAmerican artist.
 HarryMcPhersonServed as special counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
 W. WillardWirtzAmerican Secretary of Labor.
 Yoichi R.OkamotoThe official U.S. presidential photographer serving Pres. LBJ.
24  Assassination
 MarjorieMerriweatherAmerican businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist.
 Nguyễn VănThieuThe president of the Republic of Vietnam.
 RobertDallekAmerican historian specializing in American presidents.
 GeorgeHartzogAmerican attorney and Director of the National Park Service.
 DorothyHeightAmerican civil rights and women's rights activist.
 ClarenceMitchell Jr.American civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist.
 BayardRustinAmerican civil rights activist and gay rights activist.
 A. LeonHigginbotham Jr.A historian, presidential adviser, and federal court judge.
 MikeMansfieldAmerican politician and diplomat.
 WoodyGuthrieAmerican folk singer and songwriter.
 EldridgeCleaverAmerican writer and political activist.
 BobbyHuttonMember of the Black Panther Party.
 JamesBrownAmerican singer-songwriter, dancer, music mogul.
 GeorgeRomneyAmerican business executive and politician.
25  Resurrection
 RalphAbernathyAmerican Civil Rights Movement leader.
 JesseJacksonAmerican Baptist minister, activist, and politician.
 ThomasLovejoyAmerican ecologist.
 RoyLichtensteinAmerican pop artist.
 DizzyGillespieAmerican jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.
 HarryBelafonteAmerican musician and actor.
 OssieDavisAmerican actor, director, poet, playwright, and social activist.
 BillyStewartAmerican rhythm and blues singer and pianist.
 ArthurAsheAmerican professional tennis player.
 AlvinAileyAfrican - American dancer, choreographer and activist.
 Carmen deLavalladeAmerican actress, choreographer and dancer.
 GeoffreyHolderTrinidadian-American actor and dancer.
26  "Claudia All of My Life"
 BillClinton42nd President of the United States.
 RamseyClarkAmerican lawyer and peace activist.
 HaroldStassen25th Governor of Minnesota.
 StephenSmithBobby Kennedy's brother-in-law.
 TedKennedyUnited States Senator.
 Joan Ted Kennedy's wife.
 ElizabethShoumatoffRussian-American painter.
 DiegoVelázquezSpanish painter.
 CesarChavezCivil rights activist.
 MurielHumphreyHubert Humphrey's wife.
 LeonardBernsteinAmerican conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author.
 GeorgeShawIrish playwright, critic, and polemicist.
 AristotleOnassisGreek shipping magnate.
 DouglasMacArthurUnited States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea.
 Julia WardHoweAmerican abolitionist, social activist, and poet.
 MaxFrankelA leading journalist in the United States.
 JohnGlennAmerican astronaut and politician.
 HomerThornberryAmerican politician and judge.
 RobertNashAmerican author.
 OrvilleFreeman29th Governor of Minnesota.
 GertrudeSteinAmerican novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
27  "Over Choice"
 SpiroAgnew39th Vice President of the United States.
 JamesEastlandAmerican politician.
 ArethaFranklinAmerican singer-songwriter.
 PhilOchsAmerican protest singer and songwriter.
 William S.BurroughsAmerican writer and visual artist.
 JeanGenetFrench novelist, playwright, poet and political activist.
 DanRatherAmerican broadcast journalist.
 GoreVidalAmerican writer.
 EdmundMuskieServed as the 58th United States Secretary of State.
Epi  To Survive All Assaults, January 1969-July 2007
 Tricia Pat Nixon's daughter.
 JohnMcCormackIrish American tenor.
 Julie Pat Nixon's daughter.
 Judy Agnew Spiro's wife.
 MarnyCliffordClark's wife.
 William S.WhiteAmerican journalist.
 Lucinda Lynda's child.
 George H. W.Bush41st President of the United States.
 JohnMcMillanServed as the 40th Treasurer of Alabama.
 JohnSiricaAmerican judge.
 BarackObama44th President of the United States.
 RosalynnCarterFormer First Lady of the United States.
 BettyFordFormer First Lady of the United States.
 BellaAbzugAmerican lawyer, politician, and leader in the women's movement.
 Billie JeanKingAmerican former world No. 1 tennis player.
 MayaAngelouAfrican-American poet and author.
 BarbaraJordanAmerican lawyer, educator and politician.
 HelenHayesAmerican actress.
 Terry TempestWilliamsAmerican writer, educator, conservationist, and activist.
Lady Bird Johnson - Hiding in Plain Sight, suggested by Susan Smith.
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