An Evening With Cokie Roberts

Friends of the LBJ Library | Feb, 28 2017 6:00PM - 7:30PM

(L-R) Mark Updegrove and Cokie Roberts. LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin #DIG14022_092.

Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and NPR. In her more than 40 years in broadcasting, she has won countless awards, including three Emmys. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history of broadcasting. In addition to her reporting, Roberts has written six New York Times bestsellers, most dealing with the roles of women in U.S. History.

Book Signing
Prior to the event, The Store at LBJ will host Roberts for a book signing of Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868 and Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies. Book sales and signing will be held in the upper auditorium lobby from 5-5:45 p.m. Proceeds benefit the LBJ Presidential Library.

The Evening With speaker series is generously sponsored by the Moody Foundation, St. David’s HealthCare, Frost Bank, and University Federal Credit Union.

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On Tuesday, February 28th, 2017, the LBJ Presidential Library held An Evening With Cokie Roberts, moderated by LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove.
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