Archive for: lbj library
Hammerin’ Hank Aaron at the LBJ Library
By Chris O'Connell
“The last year before I broke the record … I don’t talk about that much, because it bothers me,” Hank Aaron told a packed crowd at the LBJ...
Reaching the Summit
By Mark Updegrove
LBJ Library director Mark Updegrove takes us behind the scenes of a historic gathering of American presidents at UT. The first time a sitting president came to...
UT Community Says ‘Goodbye and Good Luck’ to Bill Livingston
By Jordan Schraeder
Today the UT community bid farewell to a beloved leader, educator, and friend. William S. Livingston—perhaps known best by students as the deep, warm voice of...
New LBJ Library PSA Features Matthew McConaughey [Watch]
By Rose Cahalan
On President’s Day, the LBJ Presidential Library has released a new PSA featuring actor Matthew McConaughey. “The legacy of Lyndon Baines Johnson is...
LBJ Library Hosts Former First Ladies
By Katy McDowall
Former first lady Laura Bush, MLS ’73, believes that when people look back on her husband’s presidency, they will see George W. Bush as someone who...
Gingrich Touts Value of Academic Research at LBJ Library
By Andrew Roush
Former speaker of the House and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich visited the LBJ Presidential Library at UT last Thursday for a talk titled “Leadership...
U.S. Attorney General Gives Big Voting-Rights Policy Speech at UT
By Elana Estrin
Nearly five decades after President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the LBJ Presidential Library & Museum,...
LBJ Library to Get $10 Million Overhaul
By Lynn Freehill
The past isn’t dead—in fact, it’s so alive, it needs cosmetic work to keep it looking good. With that in mind, the LBJ Library and Museum is undergoing...
Mikhail Gorbachev Offers Geopolitical Analysis—and Jokes
By Lynn Freehill
After developing nerves of steel, ordering down the Berlin Wall, winning a Nobel Peace Prize, and serving decades as Russia’s elder statesman, Mikhail Gorbachev...
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Flash Back
By Sarah Bird
Studying photojournalism at UT led me from a degree in anthropology to the life of a novelist, with stops at prison rodeos, beauty salons, and the LBJ Library along...