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Moral March for Democracy Enlists Willie Nelson, Luci Baines Johnson for Voting Rights Rally
27-mile march concludes at Texas State Capitol on Saturday
"...Willie Nelson will perform and Texas political legacy Luci Baines Johnson will speak at the Texas State Capitol tomorrow,..."

July 30, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Last Repose of Lady Bird Johnson
Notes from the public viewing of Lady Bird Johnson.
"...in buses and even coaches, they came to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum to say farewell to..."

July 16, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

UT Hosting Debate on Visions of McCain and Obama
Event Thursday at LBJ School, free and open to public
"...your mind on which presidential candidate to support, UT's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is hosting an..."

Oct. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark Updegrove
The Library's director from 2009 to 2017 on LBJ's evolving legacy
"...involving nothing less than the way we all see Lyndon Baines Johnson and his presidency, to turn our attention..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ
Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency
"...It's a piece of political lore that Lyndon Baines Johnson would hold court with the bathroom door..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Betty Sue Flowers
The Library's director from 2002 to 2009 on her time at the helm
"...that particular institution: Harry Middleton, former presidential aide to Lyndon Johnson, Johnson's personal choice for director when the Library..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

LBJ Library to Host Civil Rights Summit, April 8-10
Carter and Clinton to Deliver Keynotes
"...the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – which President Lyndon Baines Johnson shepherded and signed into law – the..."

Feb. 16, 2014 News Post by Michael King

A Development Project With a Silver Lining
The Rebekah Baines Johnson Center is about to be part of an ambitious master planned community for Austin seniors.
"...The Rebekah Baines Johnson Center, located on 18 acres of prime real..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

LBJ Library at 50: All the Cake
Getting some free cake on LBJ's birthday is a rich tradition
"...work. Nevertheless, the host of this media day, Luci Baines Johnson, made a point of letting everyone know that..."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Moral March for Democracy at Texas State Capitol
"...(L-R) Beto O’Rourke, Luci Baines Johnson, and the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II..."

Aug. 2, 2021 Photo Gallery

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50
For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history
"...time which was both tragic and transformative. It's the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Southerners to Seventh Grade
"...the woman who will be her lifelong friend, Rebekah Baines. Other well-known names roll in and out of Laura's..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

The Way Home
Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf
"...city four decades after his death. That would be Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States. How..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It All Began So Beautifully ...
LBJ Library and Museum houses Austin's key connection to Kennedy's assassination
"...and unintentionally unkind as it sounds, the presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson issued from the same barrel that killed..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

LBJ Library to Host Civil Rights Summit
Carter and Clinton to deliver keynotes
"...the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – which President Lyndon Baines Johnson shepherded and signed into law – the..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Power Play
In Robert Schenkkan's new play, LBJ roars back to life to make civil rights history
"...sudden strike of an assassin's bullet. His name is Lyndon Baines Johnson...."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup
Full author roster revealed for November fest
"...(Chenneville, A Novel of Murder, Loss and Vengeance) Kim Johnson (Invisible Son) Vicki Johnson (Molly's Tuxedo) Eskor David Johnson..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
The 50-year relationship between a legendary writer and his editor
"...an endeavor of epic proportions, Caro’s still-in-progress biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson. He is currently at work on the..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...position. It's been 40 years since the end of Lyndon Baines Johnson's presidency, and as part of the yearlong..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature

War Made Easy
New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'
"...moral credibility around the world. But from the outset, Lyndon Johnson invoked credibility as an argument for staying the..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...journalist Nick Kotz will discuss his book Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

W.'s Paper Chase
Bush attempts to have his state papers declared federal property.
"...John Connally, for example, left his papers to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library at UT. Bill Clements' archives..."

Sept. 28, 2001 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Welcome to Texasland
Bob Bullock's final monument to himself, the Texas State History Museum, won't have many historical documents, but it promises to be entertaining.
"...President Lyndon Baines Johnson, another big-dog Texas Democrat, once said, "I..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Where They're Coming From
Connecting the Dots of Texas Writers Month 2002
"...than I intended," he said of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, the third volume of which, Master of the..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Another Epic Austin City Limits HOF
Roy Orbison, Rosanne Cash, Neville Brothers, and LBJ honored
"...great, great party,” offered Catherine Robb, granddaughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who signed the measure into law. LBJ..."

Oct. 26, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Writer, The Editor, and the Filmmaker: The Story of Turn Every Page
Lizzie Gottlieb on her father and LBJ biographer Robert Caro
"...careers and their relationship: Caro’s epic, four-volumes-and-counting biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson...."

Jan. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Duchess of Palms
Remembering Texas trailblazer Nadine Eckhardt
"...two were drawn into the political vortex that was Lyndon Baines Johnson (model for Arthur "Goddam" Fen­ste­maker in The..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

LBJ Library Director Steps Down
Mark Updegrove recalls “the greatest honor of my career”
"...all we've done to elevate the legacy of President Lyndon Johnson and enhance the library's reputation as a pre-eminent..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop
Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.
"...Lyndon B. Johnson never showed much interest in the Beatles,..."

June 12, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Res Publica
Give thanks, and do good: Nov. 27-Dec. 4
"...Moon: The American Space Program in the 1960s." 9am-5pm. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, 2313 Red River, 721-0200...."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature

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