Lynda Johnson Robb Interview: Nov. 22, 1963 and the Transition

On November 22, 1963, Lynda Johnson Robb, President and Mrs. Johnson's daughter, was a student at The University of Texas at Austin. In this video interview with LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove, she reflects on that tragic day in Dallas and her father's transition to the presidency.
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[@lisabrooks9362]

Mrs. Lynda Robb is such a well spoken lady!

[@brober]

A gracious and lovely Lady like her mother.

[@trentbdog]

What a great, and touching interview. I am so glad you posted this.

[@rdo1231]

great interview - she is both dignified and courageous

[@johnhartnett8373]

Pl1

[@Yobbie72]

what a lovely lady. tells me a lot about Lady Bird and LBJ as parents, that they raised such a wonderful, down to earth and loving human being.

[@roseriker9418]

Such a gracious and lovely lady!

[@martinjenkins5471]

I luv Jackie but she was temperamental. She said her mother hosted the Shah of Iran's wife.jackie was probably riding horses .

[@robertfbarnett6251]

Fantastic interview of an important witness to history

[@martinamorgan1119]

Great interview,,gracias,,bless luci n Linda

[@robertrobbins5691]

Thank you for sharing your story.

[@gavinrobb85]

Fantastic oral history. Invaluable stories of the life and times of the Johnson administration. What a lovely elegant and eloquent lady.

[@contactjoy4140]

Lynda Johnson was a stunning young woman all of her life. She has shared insights not shared until now about the relationship between the Kennedy's and Johnson's.... and the Johnson Family Unit. The Media had led the Citizens to believe there was bad blood been LBJ and JFK.... and their wives. I'm grateful to hear it wasn't true.

[@javiervalverde2374]

Then you believe the Tooth Fairy

[@sheilaewall4426]

Very good interviews with both Luci baines Johnson and Lynda Byrd Johnson Robb. Best of luck to both of them.

[@scottysenior9994]

What a great interview. I really enjoyed it. The Johnson ranch is in the same county I live in ( Gillespie county Texas) I live in Harper on the west side and there ranch is I Stonewall on the other end of the county.

[@stephensdygert7600]

LBJ passed every piece of legislation that JFK wanted for the country. Medicare, Medicaid, civil rights, strong labor unions, women's rights, peace corp.The war on poverty. If it wasn't for Vietnam, LBJ's head would be on Mount Rushmore. The radical republicans(the few that were left) in the mold of Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, supported the Social Justice programs, LBJ signed into law.The dixicrats hated LBJ, they hated FDR also. The democrat party was a shinning light for the poor, minorities, working class from.1933-1968. After LBJ the DNC became the party of Capitulation. Today both parties are ruled by corporate Reaganism.

[@GustavoJimenez-mn4gt]

What a lovely and beautiful lady!!!

[@carlover2013]

Very cool..

[@ronniebishop2496]

Lady Bird was a tremendous lady I believe, she seemed to be very loving and gracious and caring about everyone, I don’t think she got the total credit she deserved, because Lady actually worked and I think Jackie did but more in public relations. But I really loved both I just felt closer to Lady.

[@whaszis]

A loving daughter that would never believe any of the truths known of her father.

[@lawsonj39]

Truths like getting the Voting Rights Act passed, and Medicare and Medicaid enacted?

[@bethmiscia8297]

Lynda and Luci said the same comment when asked about their fathers relationship with JFK. LBJ and JFK didn’t get along! Listen to Jackie’s interviews. She didn’t have much to say about the Johnsons

[@bentroy6263]

Wonderful

[@marksorenson5871]

Not as melodramatic as her sister who was a bit much

[@geico1975]

Does anyone know when this was filmed? Loved it by the way.

[@deboraholsen2504]

It’s interesting how, as adults, we get to call our fathers “daddy”, but no one publicly calls their mother “mommy” when they’re adults! Speculation: Is it because we usually spend more time with our mothers while growing up, and therefore see her as more of an authority figure, or is it that traditionally, we see our fathers only at night and on weekends, so every moment seems more special with him, and therefore we call him “daddy”?? I don’t know, and I’m not sure! But this could be possible. Also, usually it’s adult females calling their father “daddy”, and not adult males, probably because it’s females who are known as “Daddy’s little girl”. It’s just a different relationship with females toward dad than males, of course. A daughter uses daddy as a gauge in which to choose (or be chosen by!) a husband, when the time comes for dating and thinking about marriage.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Lynda Baines Johnson was seventeen years old in 1961 when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated our 35th President Of The United States in 1961.

[@gardensofthegods]

Incredible how this recollection is rendered compared to her sister's... they are somehow as different as night and day . I feel in a way she was much more fortunate than her sister for being in college and surrounded by a lot of people and being in a dorm .

[@chrismcevoy2503]

My mother was in History class at an all girl’s school on November 22, 1963.

[@79goldmaster1]

Both Johnson girls are precious. Very attractive and ladylike, both should be loved by everyone.

[@marcmarinacci7378]

ugly as LBJ

[@dr.wisdom7917]

You should see her when she was a young lady

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[@Melinda8162]

@@marcmarinacci7378 You mean 'Lady Bird'. Damn, what is that 'old school marm' hair do she has?? Eeegads.

[@Melinda8162]

Didn't Lynda like to run with the 'Hollywood' crowd when she was young...for example; her dallying with actor George Hamilton? !

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Jacqueline Kennedy was 34 years old when her husband was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

[@davidkuntz1429]

Very Pretty, She looks like Her Mom.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

I think Jean probably came to get Lynda from school on November 22, 1963 just like he came to get Luci.

[@acajudi100]

💕😊🇺🇸💯

[@andrewwerner2061]

😪😢😪😢😪😢😢😭

[@bentroy6263]

So wonder

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

@ :20 like LBJ is going to talk ill of JFK in front of her.

[@lymanevolution1188]

Hi Linda. Gotta run. I'll have to play when I have more time.

[@fruff30]

I wonder if LBJ had sons of millitary age would he have sent them off to fight (and die) in Vietnam like he did with so many other peoples sons?

[@lisaburke4779]

I think his son in-law Capt Charles Robb would say, yes he would have.

[@javiervalverde2374]

@@lisaburke4779 Yes for public appearances

[@KevinMiller1992]

His sons-in-law both served in Vietnam.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Lynda Baines Johnson graduated from high school in 1962.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

In 1961 Jacqueline Kennedy was 31 years old.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Lynda Johnson married Chuck Robb in 1067.

[@lawsonj39]

The year after the Norman invasion of Britain!

[@lynnpineda7615]

very strange that Lynda was not brought to Washington until Sunday.

[@sharonlawson1134]

He wouldn't do anything in front of JFK.he did it behind his back.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Caroline Kennedy’s pony’s name was Macaroni.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

Lynda Johnson Robb was born the same year as my uncle Tom 1944.

[@chrismcevoy2503]

My third-cousin Deborah lived in Dallas.

[@karlknudson9249]

he knew dirty deeds was done already no more danger present they got the man they wanted johnson was no way in danger he knew what was happening and what happened and why that happpened

[@brett6905]

I guess she never found out that "Daddy" was a psychopath.

[@davidphenix901]

She lies almost as good as her father

[@lawsonj39]

What "lies" are you talking about? Her account sounds pretty credible to me.