President Lyndon B. Johnson played a significant role in advancing civil rights for Black Americans during his presidency in the 1960s. Johnson was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which were landmark pieces of legislation that aimed to dismantle segregation and ensure equal rights and voting rights for all Americans, including Black citizens.

Johnson's commitment to civil rights was exemplified by his famous speech at Howard University in 1965, where he declared that "Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact."

Despite his mixed record on other issues related to race and his complicated legacy, President Johnson's efforts to advance civil rights for Black Americans are an important part of his legacy in Black history.