Sen. Edward Brooke and President Lyndon Johnson Meet in the Oval Office
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Shortly after becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate in nearly a century, Sen. Edward Brooke of Massachusetts met with President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Oval Office. The next year the two men would work to pass fair housing legislation.
Date: 1/1/1967
Creator: Yoichi Okamoto
Location: Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library
Access Conditions: Public Domain