Cornerstones of Civil Rights at LBJ Library

Mar 31, 2014

A new exhibit at the LBJ Library highlights the civil rights work of Presidents Johnson and Lincoln. read more

LBJ Foundation Board member Robert S. Strauss dies at 95

Mar 20, 2014

LBJ Foundation Board member Robert S. Strauss dies at 95 read more

Guests get a sneak peek into LBJ Library’s new exhibit

Mar 19, 2014

The Recording Academy Texas Chapter hosted "A Soundtrack to Change" on Friday, March 14 at the LBJ Presidential Library. read more

The Lyndon B. Johnson Renaissance

Feb 17, 2014

Despite his titanic role in America’s quest for civil rights, the greatest domestic movement of the Twentieth Century, LBJ has been largely underappreciated—even ignored—until recently. read more

Rescuing a Vietnam Casualty: Johnson’s Legacy

Feb 17, 2014

Luci Baines Johnson leaned forward in her father’s private suite at the L.B.J. Presidential Library, her voice breaking as she recounted the “agony of Vietnam” that engulfed Lyndon Baines Johnson and the pain she feels to this day of witnessing his presidency judged through… read more

Politics of blaming the poor: Why it’s still Lyndon Johnson’s America

Jan 28, 2014

Sometimes it seems that little has changed. As a frustrated President Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address, it is important to underscore that income inequality and social justice are no less intertwined right now than they were fifty years ago, when President Lyndon Johnson spoke to… read more

The War on Poverty, Then and Now

Jan 13, 2014

LBJ Library director Mark Updegrove responded to an article about the War On Poverty in the New York Times with a letter to the editor. read more

Sid Davis recalls LBJ’s launching the War On Poverty

Jan 09, 2014

Sid Davis, a White House reporter who witnessed Lyndon Johnson’s swearing-in as President, recalls being with LBJ when he launched the War On Poverty. read more

A toast to the bad old days

Dec 23, 2013

The Democratic president was at loggerheads with the House Republican leader after a rancorous session of Congress. A liberal White House adviser badmouthed the leader to the press, and the president had to apologize. In the end, a bipartisan Christmas spirit prevailed, and the business of governing got done. read more

Happy Birthday Lady Bird!

Dec 22, 2013

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY BIRD! Commemorating her 101st today. read more

In the War on Poverty, a Dogged Adversary

Dec 17, 2013

When President Lyndon Johnson declared his war on poverty on Jan. 8, 1964, almost exactly 50 years ago, 19 percent of Americans were poor.  read more

Photographing the White House From the Inside

Dec 10, 2013

Lyndon Johnson was the first president to allow a photographer unlimited access inside the White House. read more

Why you don’t throw trash out the window

Dec 02, 2013

The Highway Beautification Act, passed in 1965, was sometimes referred to as "Lady Bird's bill." read more

Where Kennedy dreamed, Johnson achieved

Nov 25, 2013

Last Friday was not just the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. It was also the 50th anniversary of the swearing in of Lyndon B Johnson. This is always overlooked and, as result, so is the extraordinary domestic legacy of America's 36th President. read more

Media coverage of November 22, 1963

Nov 19, 2013

Media coverage of the events before, during, and after November 22, 1963 related to Lyndon Johnson. read more

LBJ Presidential Library Austin affirms Johnson’s legacy as civil rights hero

Nov 18, 2013

This editorial comments on Lyndon Johnson's legacy as a Civil Rights President. read more

Lynda Robb and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend in Washington D.C.

Nov 14, 2013

Lynda Johnson Robb comments on President Johnson's relationship with John F. Kennedy at a party in Washington D.C. read more

Former GM VP, presidential speechwriter Jack McNulty dies at 86

Nov 13, 2013

Jack McNulty, former speechwriter for President Lyndon Johnson and vice president of public relations for General Motors, died Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. read more

Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses her new book, The Bully Pulpit

Nov 05, 2013

Doris Kearns Goodwin describes her passion for profiling past presidents, including Lyndon Johnson, in her book, The Bully Pulpit. read more

Mark Updegrove on George Bush Post-Presidency

Nov 04, 2013

Nearly five years after leaving office, the nation’s 43rd president lives a life of self-imposed exile in Texas, more interested in painting than politics. read more

The LBJ Library remembers Lee C. White

Oct 31, 2013

The LBJ Library remembers Lee C. White, special counsel to President Johnson from 1965-1966. read more

The Twilight Vindication of George H.W. Bush by Mark Updegrove

Oct 21, 2013

LBJ Library director Mark Updegrove reflects on the legacy of the 41st president. read more

Federal government shuts down, initiating temporary closure of LBJ Library

Oct 01, 2013

As a result of the federal government shutdown, the LBJ Presidential Library has temporarily shut its doors. read more

Obama, Johnson, and Congress

Sep 24, 2013

LBJ shepherded vast amounts of major legislation through Congress; President Obama has seen most of his initiatives stymied. What explains this difference? read more

Presidential History at the LBJ Library

Sep 18, 2013

Blogger Leigh Ann Torres visited the LBJ Library and shares photographs and exhibit descriptions. read more

Hispanic Americans enhance this exceptional nation

Sep 18, 2013

Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month,  a nonpartisan commemoration first recognized by President Lyndon Johnson, and expanded by President Ronald Reagan. read more

Sunday Spotlight: Bryan Cranston as LBJ

Sep 16, 2013

Robert Schenkkan on his play "All the Way," starring "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston read more

Walter White Meets LBJ

Sep 16, 2013

Brian Cranston visits the LBJ Library to research his upcoming role as President Lyndon Johnson in a play titled "All the Way." read more

The White House to Kremlin Hotline: Avoiding War for 50 Years

Sep 06, 2013

Dr. Harold Saunders, MidEast expert during the Johnson Administration, was interviewed for this story about the ‘hotline’ between the White House and Kremlin. read more

LBJ improved the lives of Americans

Sep 05, 2013

Remembering President Lyndon Johnson on what would have been his 105th birthday read more

UT Community Says ‘Goodbye and Good Luck’ to Bill Livingston

Sep 05, 2013

Friends gathered in the LBJ Library Auditorium to honor the life of William S. Livingston, professor, dean, department chair and more. read more

President Johnson’s Daughter Speaks at 50th Anniversary of March on Washington

Sep 03, 2013

Lynda Johnson Robb spoke at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington read more

A Birthday Wish for LBJ

Aug 29, 2013

The Superintendent of the Austin Independent School District wishes LBJ a happy birthday and quotes him as saying that to correct past wrongs we must focus on our strengths. read more

Lyndon Baines Johnson - Texas Monthly

Aug 27, 2013

Texas Monthly celebrates the life and times of Lyndon Johnson, America's 36th President, on his birthday. read more

Clinton defends Voting Rights Act

Aug 14, 2013

Hilary Clinton defends Voting Rights Act, says states revive ‘old demons of discrimination.’ read more

Head Start tries to track down more than 27 million alumni

Aug 12, 2013

National Head Start Association is recruiting 27 million alumni to tell their success stories. read more

Cornyn, Cruz Learned What LBJ Knew: Runoffs Matter

Aug 12, 2013

The latest United States senators from Texas, Republicans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, know what a predecessor, Democrat Lyndon Johnson, knew well: runoff elections matter.Two  read more

Voting Rights Act in Peril on 48th Anniversary

Aug 06, 2013

Congress needs to strengthen the Voting Rights Act to end voting discrimination. read more

Hot Line: Even without a Cold War, the Washington-Moscow link is still up

Aug 01, 2013

Fifty years ago this month, the Washington-Moscow Hot Line was established read more

Holder hopes defense of civil rights will be his legacy

Jul 30, 2013

Attorney General Eric Holder hopes defense of civil rights will be his legacy. read more

Helen Thomas, pioneering White House reporter, dies at 92

Jul 20, 2013

White House correspondent Helen Thomas, who covered Lyndon Johnson's presidency and nine others, died at the age of 92. read more

The LBJ The Nation Seldom Saw - Revisited

Jun 27, 2013

This essay about LBJ was written by Bob Hardesty years ago. Bob Mann has edited it and sent it to all newspapers in Texas.   read more

LBJ’s war on poverty still only partly won

Jun 12, 2013

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. recalls President Johnson's 1965 commencement address at Howard University and remarks on how little progress has been made since. read more

John Legend discusses LBJ’s legacy with Oprah Winfrey

Jun 12, 2013

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, singer-songwriter John Legend says when he gives a speech, he looks for inspiration from the speeches of President Johnson read more

Senator Tom Harkin Introduces Education Measure

Jun 05, 2013

Nearly half a century after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a sweeping federal education act and promised to “bridge the gap between helplessness and hope” for disadvantaged children in the nation’s public schools, Congress is still trying to fine-tune the law to achieve its original goals. read more

Representative John Dingell says his most important vote was for the Civil Rights Act

Jun 03, 2013

After 57 years in Congress, Representative John Dingell says his most important vote was for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 read more

LBJ’s Gettysburg Address

May 25, 2013

Fifty years ago, on Memorial Day in 1963, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson gave a speech in Gettysburg, Pa., that foreshadowed profound changes that would be achieved in only 13 months and that mark us still. read more

Ambassadors visited Austin as part of Experience America program

May 20, 2013

Twenty-six ambassadors visited Austin as part of the State Department's Experience America program read more

Johnson created national programs that help older Americans

May 06, 2013

LBJ’s most lasting and important achievements may be the programs he created to help older Americans. read more

Revisiting LBJ’s Austin one address at a time

May 05, 2013

Though Lyndon Johnson did not live in Austin for much of his life, the city made a mark on him from an early age. read more

Capturing the Presidency

May 01, 2013

News to History: Photojournalism and the Presidency is a collaboration between the Briscoe Center and the recently renovated LBJ Library. read more

Mark K. Updegrove on the legacy of President George W. Bush

Apr 30, 2013

On April 25, 2013, The Today Show presented "A Look Back at the Presidency of George W. Bush and included commentary by presidential historians Michael Beschloss and LBJ Library director Mark Updegrove. read more

Stonewall is the place to go for LBJ family, presidential history

Apr 29, 2013

There’s a two-part Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park composed of two separate districts 14 miles apart — one in Stonewall and the other in Johnson City read more

Inside the Presidential Reunion

Apr 26, 2013

LBJ Library director shares his reflections on the opening of the George W. Bush Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas read more

Jeb Bush commends LBJ for leadership

Apr 26, 2013

On the eve of George W. Bush’s presidential library opening, Jeb Bush praised his brother for keeping a low-profile since leaving office and commends LBJ for leadership. read more

Why can’t Barack Obama be more like Lyndon Johnson?

Apr 23, 2013

Partisan dominance helped LBJ pass sweeping legislation in 1965 and 1955 read more

Seeing LBJ the High-Tech Way

Apr 22, 2013

Lady Bird Johnson's office in the LBJ Library is open to visitors read more

Lady Bird’s Blooming Legacy

Apr 22, 2013

Lady Bird Johnson’s environmental legacy lives on as Texans drive down highways adorned with bluebonnets, Indian paintbrushes and colorful wildflowers read more

Bryan Cranston to play LBJ in play by Robert Schenkkan

Apr 22, 2013

Bryan Cranston will play President Lyndon B. Johnson in a new stage production of a work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan. read more

Literacy nonprofit brings Curious George to LBJ

Apr 11, 2013

On Thursday April 11, kids will participate in craft time and take home free books at the LBJ Presidential Library. read more

Barnes: Heady talk in a presidential suite

Apr 10, 2013

A dinner was held in the LBJ Library Presidential Suite to honor Julián and Joaquin Castro. read more

Reading Is Fundamental Hits Town

Apr 09, 2013

Sarah Haldeman, Presidential Archivist

Mar 28, 2013

Sarah Haldeman worked at the LBJ Library before becoming an archivist at the George W. Bush Center read more

UT Austin’s LBJ library shares common characteristics with Bush Center

Mar 26, 2013

Lyndon Baines Johnson stepped before a joint session of Congress to a booming round of applause on the eve of Thanksgiving 1963. read more

Groundbreaking set for Vietnam vets monument at Capitol

Mar 20, 2013

In a ceremony at the LBJ Library, more than 110 volunteers will read the names of the 3,417 Texans who died in Vietnam. read more

Step back a few decades to the era of LBJ

Mar 14, 2013

A review of the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. read more

A presidential tour of Austin

Mar 08, 2013

An article on BBC.com covers highlights of the LBJ Library and other destinations in Austin, Texas. read more

Luci Baines Johnson participates in commemorative march

Mar 05, 2013

Luci Baines Johnson participates in commemorative march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 48th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when police officers beat marchers as they crossed the bridge from Selma to Montgomery. read more

Austin leaders comment on Voting Rights Act court case

Feb 28, 2013

Supreme Court case challenges the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965   read more

Remembering Van Cliburn

Feb 27, 2013

World-renowned pianist Van Cliburn, who died today at age 78, was a close friend of LBJ and the Johnson family read more

Jeb Bush wants to be like LBJ

Feb 19, 2013

Former Florida governer Jeb Bush strives to be like LBJ read more

Remembering White House ‘fish bowl’

Feb 19, 2013

Lynda Johnson Robb and other children of American Presidents talked about growing up in the White House read more

Matthew McConaughey Has a Presidents’ Day Gift For You

Feb 18, 2013

Matthew McConaughey encourages people to visit the LBJ Library read more

Travel Curator - LBJ Library

Feb 17, 2013

The University of Texas is home to the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library read more

Obama’s LBJ Moment

Feb 17, 2013

President Barack Obama made proposals to redeuce poverty, reminiscent of LBJ's 1964 State of the Union address about the War on Poverty. read more

LBJ love letters: A quick courtship of Lady Bird

Feb 14, 2013

Lyndon Johnson knew he wanted to marry Lady Bird immediately after meeting her on a September 1934 trip to Texas, but she wasn’t so sure. read more

Get to know LBJ even more as you revisit history

Feb 04, 2013

Located on The University of Texas campus, this super packed scene now sports 17 new galleries filled with  impressive artifacts, including recordings of phone calls between the 36th president and notables like Martin Luther King Jr. read more

The LBJ MLK Crossroads Memorial Project

Jan 24, 2013

Ground has been broken for a new sculpture in San Marcos, Texas commemorating the civil rights legacy of President Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. read more

Face the Nation - Civil Rights and LBJ

Jan 24, 2013

On Face the Nation, moderator Bob Schieffer interviewed former Johnson Aide Joe Califano and former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice about Lyndon Johnson's ability to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in a segregated society. read more

Notes on LBJ’s Death From His Closest Aide

Jan 23, 2013

When the ex-president suddenly died 40 years ago today, aide Tom Johnson was the one who told the world. read more

LBJ’s initial inauguration was in stark contrast to recent ceremonies

Jan 22, 2013

Pomp and ceremony have become the norm for U.S. presidential inaugurations. Those visiting the LBJ Library and Museum Monday were reminded it was quite a different set of circumstances the first time Lyndon Baines Johnson took office. read more

LBJ visitors say Johnson, King helped pave the way for Obama

Jan 22, 2013

The official presidential inauguration party was at the national mall in Washington D.C. Here in Austin, those visiting the LBJ Library and Museum this MLK day couldn't help but see how our current president is tied to our 36th president, along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. read more

Working with Congress: Lessons from LBJ

Jan 17, 2013

As the country approaches Inauguration Day and welcomes the 113th Congress, it is a time to look ahead. Sometimes the best way to accomplish this is to look back. Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, had to deal with a lot of problems similar to those… read more

Looking back - January 20, 1965

Jan 11, 2013

Information about President Lyndon Johnson's inauguration read more

A First Lady With All the Small Graces and a Lot of Grit

Jan 09, 2013

On 1934, on their first date, Lyndon Baines Johnson asked Claudia Alta Taylor, the woman who would become known as Lady Bird Johnson, to marry him. He was 26. She was 21. read more

Closed for a year, LBJ’s library reborn

Dec 19, 2012

After a year-long renovation, the LBJ Library will open to new exhibits on Saturday, December 22, 2012. read more

Hawaii’s Inouye, Senator and War Hero, Dies at 88

Dec 18, 2012

Senator Inouye, the last remaining member of the Senate to have voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, died at the age of 88.   read more

Gun control lessons from Lyndon Johnson

Dec 17, 2012

If ever there were a moment for President Obama to learn from history, it is now, in the wake of Friday’s shootings at the elementary school at Newtown, Conn. The timely lesson for Obama, drawn from the experience of Lyndon B. Johnson — the last President to aggressively… read more

New exhibit takes another look at the President’s legacy

Dec 17, 2012

This week, Austin meets a new museum. Or at least a museum that will seem completely fresh when the LBJ Presidential Library opens its new $11 million permanent exhibition. read more

Presidential Library opens 11 million dollar exhibit that reconsiders LBJ

Dec 16, 2012

This week, a major Austin institution will attempt to reshape American history. The rebranded and updated LBJ Presidential Library will open its $11 million high-tech permanent exhibit — three years in the making — to the public at 10 a.m. Saturday. read more

LBJ Library on Jeopardy

Dec 13, 2012

On the day before the reopening, JEOPARDY! will air a special video category about LBJ featuring video clues from around the LBJ Presidential Library. read more

Joe Allbritton, former Trustee of the LBJ Foundation, dies

Dec 12, 2012

Joe L. Allbritton, former Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation Trustee, dies at 87 read more

LBJ Library in Austin to unveil 10 million dollar update December 22

Dec 11, 2012

On what would have been Lady Bird Johnson’s 100th birthday this month, the LBJ Presidential Library is showing off a new design and interactive exhibits geared toward today’s tech-savvy world. read more

Passage of Power Named One of 10 Best Books of 2012 by New York Times

Dec 10, 2012

The year’s best books, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review, includes The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, by Robert A. Caro read more

Texas Twang Fixin’ To Ride Off Into The Sunset

Dec 06, 2012

When most people think of Texas — and what makes a Texan — one of the first things that might come to mind is the way Lyndon Johnson or the late Governor Ann Richards spoke. read more

A Tribute to Jack Brooks

Dec 06, 2012

The LBJ Library and the Johnson family remember Congressman Jack Brooks read more

Lady Bird Johnson, An Oral History

Dec 06, 2012

Lady Bird Johnson chronicled her life in a series of interviews spanning almost 20 years. Oral historian Michael Gillette recounts his interviews with the former first lady, and we hear her firsthand account of life and marriage with President Lyndon Baines Johnson. read more

LBJ Library dinner rings in redesigned main exhibit

Dec 03, 2012

LBJ Library dinner rings in redesigned main exhibit read more