Lyndon B. Johnson: Succeeding Kennedy

Following JFK's assassination, Lyndon B Johnson was thrust into leadership and political scrutiny. From today's perspective, Johnson is more than ever considered a political pioneer. Through previously unpublished audio material and a wealth of rare, archive material, we understand the realities of his situation after the shooting and how he managed to hold together a government and country in shock. Socially and domestically, he set the second most important milestone of the century since Roosevelt's "New Deal". With his Great Society Program, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act, as well as the Medicare and Medicaid programs, it was he who brought in the laws which have – to this very day – permanently changed American society. (Viasat)