Tag Archives: LBJ
ZACH Theatre’s ‘The Great Society’ Lectures More Than it Entertains
By sticking too close to history, Robert Schenkkan gives LBJ a pass.
'The Great Society' focuses on the events that defined LBJ’s presidency: Selma-to-Montgomery marches; the budget fights to fund Great Society programs; the hu...Read More
Visiting the LBJ Library in the Shadow of Selma
Hollywood has tended to find LBJ more useful as a villain than a hero—even when dramatizing domestic victories like the Voting Rights Act....Read More
LBJ Library’s Civil Rights Summit: Worthy Remembrances, Missed Opportunities
The LBJ Library's efforts to burnish Johnson's legacy is a worthy one—but not a great deal was said about today's civil rights struggles at the Civil Rights S...Read More
Lady Bird’s Words
In case you missed it in the magazine’s February issue, here’s a pointer to Observer contributor Robert Leleux’s review of Lady Bird Johnson: ...Read More
Santa Rita Courts and the Fight for Affordable Public Housing
The increasing need for affordable housing is readily apparent in Texas. ...Read More