Lyndon B. Johnson

Vintage matte-finish 5.5 x 7.25 photo of Johnson in a suit and tie, affixed to a 9 x 12 mount, signed and inscribed on the mount in fountain pen, "To Benjamin Muse—with appreciation for your work on the Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, 1963–65. Lyndon B. Johnson.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light foxing, and two small areas of surface loss, to the mount.

A veteran of World War I and World War II, Benjamin Muse was a journalist and head of the Southern Regional Council’s Southern Leadership Project. He served on the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, formed in 1962 by John F. Kennedy to investigate 'continuing discrimination against military personnel and their families on the basis of race, color, creed, or national origin' and 'to eliminate this source of hardship and embarrassment for the members of our Armed Forces.'