Civil rights was the topic of discussion this week as the LBJ Library in Austin kicked off the Civil Rights Summit on Tuesday. Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan visited with media Tuesday morning and discussed his most recent play, “All the Way,” which focuses on Lyndon Baines Johnson’s passing of the Civil Rights Act and the beginning of America’s involvement with Vietnam. In the Broadway production, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston […]
The LBJ Library’s Civil Rights Summit will host four different Presidents before the end of the week. The Civil Rights Summit on Tuesday, April 8 included discussions and panels about gay marriage rights, immigration policy, the place of music in civil rights activism, and a conversation with former President Jimmy Carter. Daily Beast Editor in Chief John Avlon moderated a discussion on same-sex marriage between David Boies and Theodore Olson, attorneys who […]
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