LBJ Civil Rights Summit

Mark K. Updegrove became the fourth director of the LBJ Presidential Library in October 2009. Earlier in his career, he served as publisher of Newsweek, Los Angeles manager of Time, and president of Time Canada, Time's separate Canadian edition and operation. Updegrove is the author... Read More →

Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery.  He attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S... Read More →