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VISTA: Gadfly in the Ghetto

LBJ Library & Museum

Sound | 1960s | B/W | English

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LBJ Library and Museum

One of the aspects of President Lyndon Baines Johnson's War on Poverty was the creation of a domestic Peace Corps called Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA). VISTA volunteers were deployed to impoverished communities where they lived amongst those they served and sought to do the ground work in the War on Poverty. Produced by the documentary television series New York Illustrated, VISTA: Gadfly in the Ghetto presents the story of several VISTA members working in New York City as they struggle with the extreme poverty around them.

Purchased from a family member in 1951 while Lyndon B. Johnson served in the U.S. Senate, "the ranch," located in Gillespie County in the Texas Hill Country was the Johnsons' family home. The LBJ Ranch made its debut to the American public during Johnson's vice presidency (1961 - 1963) when it was used to host state visits of foreign dignitaries, high-ranking Washington politicians, and campaign functions. As President (1963 – 1969), Johnson conducted official business at the ranch, including state visits and lawn chair staff meetings, earning it the name, the Texas White House. On December 2, 1969, the ranch, along with Johnson City and Johnson's birthplace, was authorized as Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Site, and became a United States National Historic Park on December 28, 1980. Both President and Lady Bird Johnson are buried in the family cemetery within the National Historic Park.

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