LBJ Library to host civil rights summit in April

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – which President Lyndon Baines Johnson shepherded and signed into law – the Library's Summit “will be both a look back at the civil rights movement of the 1960s and a look forward at the civil rights issues still facing America and the world.”

According to the Library's official announcement, the Summit will feature keynote addresses from former President Jimmy Carter and former President Bill Clinton, and a keynote invitation has also been extended to former President George W. Bush (not yet confirmed). Among the prominent participants will be former NAACP chairman Julian Bond, author Taylor Branch, San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, LBJ’s daughters Luci Baines and Lynda Bird Johnson, and Congressman John Lewis.

The list of confirmed speakers, still in progress, is available here....