Secret Service Agent Who Protected President Johnson Died
Jim Hardin, who protected President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family as a Secret Service, died in Texas at the age of 80.
Jim Hardin, who protected President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family as a Secret Service, died in Texas at the age of 80.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As violence against black people continued after signing the Civil Rights Act in July 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson turned to the FBI for help. The New York Times reports that Johnson urged then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to open the first office dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Americans. The…