TODAY: Civil Rights Summit

On April 8-10, 2014, the LBJ Presidential Library will host a Civil Rights Summit to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Summit, comprised of afternoon panel discussions followed by evening keynote addresses, will reflect on the seminal nature of the civil rights legislation passed by President Johnson while examining civil rights issues in America and around the world today.

President Barack Obama will be joined by three former Presidents who will also deliver remarks at the Civil Rights Summit: Jimmy Carter will speak on April 8; Bill Clinton will speak on April 9, and George W. Bush will speak on the evening of April 10.

For more information and to watch live streams of the events, please visit Civil Rights Summit.

Morgan McLeod is the Program Assistant and New Media Strategist at the Joint Center.