LBJ library, museum to honor Johnson with Civil Rights Summit
The LBJ Presidential Library will host a major summit in April to mark the 50th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson’s signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with keynote speeches from at least two former presidents and the possibility of President Barack Obama delivering another, the library’s director announced Sunday.
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are expected to speak on April 8 and 9, respectively, said Mark Updegrove. George W. Bush is a possible speaker on April 10, the final day of the event, and there’s hope that they would be joined by Obama — inarguably the most visible face of America’s struggle for and progress toward racial equality.
“I will say we’ve had a number of conversations with the White House in which we’ve talked about what the president’s visit might look like,” Updegrove said via a conference call with reporters.
Updegrove said tickets to the summit would be available to the UT community and the general public but that, given the intellectual firepower expected to be assembled, demand probably would far exceed seating capacity. Some events might be streamed on the Internet, and there has been interest from cable and broadcast media in covering the event, he said.
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