LBJ Letter to Coretta Scott King

"This is the president of the United States reaching out to a widow of the most famous civil rights leader and one of the most important figures in latter part of 20th century," says Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ Presidential Library. "The very person, Johnson, who partnered on that movement is reaching out to his widow at a very sensitive time."

The letter goes on display for the first time, along with an epic charcoal drawing by Brian Washington at the Library on the University of Texas campus on Jan. 15 in commemoration of King’s birthday.