MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2014958772
003 DLC
005 20150908124053.0
008 141208s2015 txua s000 0 eng
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020 $a9780988508330 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aJC599.U62$bU64 2015
100 1 $aUpdegrove, Mark K.
245 10 $aDestiny of democracy :$bthe Civil Rights summit at the LBJ Presidential library /$cMark K. Updegrove ; foreword by John Lewis.
264 1 $aAustin, TX :$bThe Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin,$c2015.
300 $aviii, 217 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aPresident Lyndon Baines Johnson played a titanic role in America's quest for civil rights. The legacy of those efforts reached a crescendo from April 8 through 10, 2014, as the LBJ Presidential Library hosted the historic Civil Rights Summit to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. A host of luminaries -- including President Barack Obama and former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter -- came to the library to recognize the progress made in the country's long, often troubled journey toward civil rights and social justice while examining the issues we face as a nation today. Destiny of Democracy reflects on the civil rights movement and LBJ's legacy while capturing the Civil Rights Summit's momentous three days"--Jacket flap.
650 0 $aCivil rights$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial justice$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSummit meetings$zTexas$zAustin.