An inside look at the consequential and complex partnership between President Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the issue of civil rights.
Introduction: Tom Johnson, Executive Assistant to President Lyndon Johnson and former President & Chairman of CNN
Todd S. Purdum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and senior writer at Politico. He spent more than twenty years at The New York Times, where he served as diplomatic correspondent, White House correspondent, and Los Angeles bureau chief. His new book, An Idea Whose Time Has Come... Read More →
Taylor Branch is an American author and public speaker best known for his landmark trilogy on the civil rights era, America in the King Years. The trilogy’s first book, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, won the Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards in 1989... Read More →
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. is Founder and Chair Emeritus of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
He was General Counsel of the Department of the Army and Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense before becoming a Special Assistant to President... Read More →
Andrew Young has always viewed his career through the lens of his first career - that of ordained minister. His work for civil and human rights, his many years in public office as Congressman, United Nations Ambassador and Mayor, his leadership of the Atlanta Olympic Games, his... Read More →
Wednesday April 9, 2014 12:35pm - 1:40pm CDT
LBJ Auditorium