LBJ Library to Host Civil Rights Summit, April 8-10
Carter and Clinton to Deliver Keynotes
"...Marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – which President Lyndon Baines..."
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Feb. 16, 2014 News Post by Michael King
"Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties"
"Witness" brings the Civil Rights Movement to the Blanton Museum of Art
"...were saddened and solemn, lamenting that while the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be behind us, there is..."
April 10, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood
LBJ Library to Host Civil Rights Summit
Carter and Clinton to deliver keynotes
"...Marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 – which President Lyndon Baines..."
Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Michael King
US Supremes Speak on UT, No Word on Voting Rights
Admissions policy goes back to court, but DOMA, section 5 still out
"...As the abortion rights debate in the Texas legislature grabs headlines, the Supreme..."
June 24, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Qmmunity: The Fight for Queers’ Title VII Rights in SCOTUS’ hands
Plus GayCL returns and local stylists host benefit for Cheer Ups’ Maggie Lea
"...facing a life-altering decision for us queermos: Does the 1964 Civil Rights Act extend employment protections to the LGBTQmmunity..."
Oct. 11, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff
Point Austin: About Those Voting Rights
Colorblind ain't the same as blind
"..."voter ID" law just as the Canyon Creek Voting Rights Act lawsuit reaches the U.S. Supreme Court? Not really..."
May 15, 2009 News Column by Michael King
The Secret Life of Bees
Despite the sincere coming-of-age story at the heart of this movie rife with singers-turned-actresses, there's no denying the pleasures found in the film's soulful matriarchy.
"...the homestead of the unusual Boatwright sisters. Set in 1964 against the background of the newly signed Civil Rights..."
Oct. 17, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
All the Way
In Zach Theatre's staging of this epic political drama about LBJ, the fight for civil rights feels particularly urgent
"...remove of a half-century – during testimony given by civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to the Credentials Committee..."
May 1, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires
LBJ Summit Returns to “Race in America”
Five years after landmark civil rights event, there's plenty to talk about
"...Museum marked the 50th anniversary of LBJ's signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with a landmark summit featuring,..."
April 5, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Equal Pay: Abbott Breaks Silence
Davis campaign asks if attorney general would have vetoed fair pay act
"...Bill 950, the Texas version of the Lilly Ledbetter Act, a bipartisan bill enhancing workplace protection against pay discrimination...."
March 21, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom
Considering the LBJ legacy
"...one obvious way to consider the legacy of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (initiated by John F. Kennedy; strengthened,..."
April 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King
How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy
The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn
"...rule that enables filibusters. Under Rule 22 – first enacted in 1917 – a minority of senators can indefinitely..."
May 6, 2022 News Feature by Michael King
The Life and Times of Gus Garcia
City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service
"...people know it, but somehow the breadth of his impact seems understated and underappreciated. Yet, as he retires after..."
June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher
Qmmunity: SCOTUS to Decide if Title VII Extends to LGBTQ
Plus Queerbomb fundraisers and funny queer events
"...– specifically whether "sex" under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act extends to sexual orientation and gender..."
April 26, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff
Headlines
"...at least 1pm so council members can attend the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Library; eventually they'll discuss..."
April 11, 2014 News Feature
Headlines
"...budget adjustments and a 4pm hearing on vested development rights (i.e., grandfathering)...."
April 4, 2014 News Feature
Headlines
"...free health insurance enrollment assistance under the Affordable Care Act beginning in October...."
Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature
Qmmunity: 2020's Biggest Queer and Trans Stories
Looking back on a rollercoaster of a year
"...announcing a merger with Vivent Health, while Texas Health Action not only opened new Kind Clinic locations in San..."
Dec. 18, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...now square off directly against young Republican and property rights advocate Todd Baxter. — K.F...."
Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature
Doomed to Repeat It?
Former Students, Profs, and Lawyers Remember
"...of black law students remained very low until affirmative action began in the Eighties. But Washington, 67, remembers the..."
Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Cristina Smith
Law of the Land
The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?
"...Supreme Court, so that it can strip such affirmative action policies from the country's state-funded institutions of higher learning..."
Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman
The LBJ Presidential Library at 50
For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history
"...summits on the Vietnam War, race in America, and civil rights – the last with four U.S. presidents attending..."
Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Doubling Down
In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big
"...just come off a winning hand that by all rights shouldn't have paid off so richly. The cards were..."
Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Way Home
Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf
"...be willing to mount a political drama requiring 17 actors and running nearly three hours? Was there even a..."
April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Backassward Birth Control Ruling
8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says contraceptives are intended for use prior to pregnancy, meaning employers don't have to cover cost of contraceptives for female patients under health plans
"...contraceptives was a violation of the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act, an amendment to Title VII of the landmark 1964..."
March 30, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35
The road not taken
"...received more than 2,300 comments, including comments on an interactive environmental constraints map," you'll read on the project website,..."
April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
LBJ
Harrelson dons prosthetics for this complicated biopic
"...on the 36th president’s risky decision to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an act of heresy in..."
Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...the "last, best, and final offer" from StarTran, the contractor they work for. The transit workers' union has authorized..."
Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature
In Black and White
Jesse Jackson and Tom Wicker
"...New Deal liberal's lament about the failure of the civil rights reforms to remedy the effects of slavery, Southern..."
Aug. 30, 1996 Books Feature
Bats, Mites, and Gallows: A Thumbnail Courthouse History
"...and Guadalupe streets (the proposed site of the new Civil & Family Courts Complex) – a location sufficiently off..."
