On Monday, the L.B.J. Presidential Library and Museum
will announce details of a Civil Rights Summit to be held here in April
to commemorate Johnson’s signing of the Civil Rights Act, attended by
three of the four living former presidents — Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton
and George W. Bush — and perhaps President Obama.
A
ceremony is being planned inside the massive slab of the L.B.J.
Library, to be followed by celebrations of the 50th anniversary of
Johnson initiatives: Medicare, the Clean Air Act,
public broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Head
Start, the requirements for seatbelts, and warnings on cigarette packs.
The events are intended to offer a counterweight to the way Johnson has
been portrayed over the past decades.
Shouldn't passing Medicare or the Civil Rights Act alone get LBJ into the top tier of presidents?
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