civil rights summit updates

Civil Rights Summit: President Barck Obama Describes LBJ's Experiences with Poverty

Civil Rights Summit: George W. Bush Imagines LBJ's Classrooma

Civil Rights Summit: President Bill Clinton's Reflections on LBJ and the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Civil Rights Summit: President Jimmy Carter's Emotional Tale about the Camp David Peace Accords

Photos: LBJ Civil Rights Summit

 

LIVE STREAMING LINKS

The links below will be live 10 minutes before each panel start time.

  • LBJ Library Civil Rights Summit - Day 1 - Morning Panels (12:30-4:00 pm CDT). WATCH.

  • LBJ Library Civil Rights Summit - Day 1 - Evening Panel (6:00-7:30 pm CDT) WATCH.

  • LBJ Library Civil Rights Summit - Day 2 - Morning Panels (12:30-4:00 pm CDT). WATCH.

  • LBJ Library Civil Rights Summit - Day 2 - Evening Panel (6:00-7:30 pm CDT). WATCH.

  • LBJ Library Civil Rights Summit - Day 3 - Morning Panels (11:30-5:00 pm CDT). WATCH.

  • LBJ Library Civil Rights Summit - Day 3 - Evening Panel (5:30-6:00 pm CDT). WATCH.

BOOK SIGNINGS

Members of the Public are invited to book signings in the Lobby of the LBJ Presidential Library. Civil Rights Summit tickets are not required to attend book signings. No outside books will be signed and posed photographs will not be allowed. Please click here to see the full schedule.

Experts Guide

Experts from across multiple disciplines at The University of Texas at Austin are available to speak with the media on topics related to the the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library April 8-10. Please click here to see the Experts Guide.

Ticketing

We no longer have tickets available for the Civil Rights Summit. We will not offer standby lines for those without tickets to Summit sessions.

To allow everyone to enjoy the Civil Rights Summit, the LBJ Presidential Library—in collaboration with Google and Longhorn Network—will live stream each of the Summit programs on our website, CivilRightsSummit.org. Please click here for more live streaming options.

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LIVE STREAMING

To allow everyone to enjoy the Civil Rights Summit, April 8, 9 and 10, 2014, the LBJ Presidential Library—in collaboration with Google and Longhorn Network—will live stream each of the Summit programs on our website, CivilRightsSummit.org.

Live television coverage* of the entire summit will be available on Longhorn Network (LHN). LHN is available on Time Warner Cable (Texas), AT&T U-verse TV, Charter Communications (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, Virginia), Cox Communications (Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma), Grande Communications, Google Fiber (Kansas City), Verizon FiOS, Consolidated Communications, En-Touch Systems, E-Tex Communications, Bay City Cablevision, Mid-Coast Cablevision, Valley Telephone Cooperative and Texas Mid-Gulf Cablevision. LHN is also available to authenticated subscribers of the network via LonghornNetwork.com and the Longhorn Network iOS app.

On The University of Texas at Austin campus, the Summit will be broadcast on Channel 11, with open captions on Channel 07. The Longhorn Network is also available on campus CATV digital channels 444 (SD) and 1593 (HD) and, in the Residence Halls, CATV system channel 29.

*The summit will be broadcast live, with the exception of the Conversation with The Honorable Jimmy Carter, which will be presented on Tuesday, April 8 at 11 p.m. CT, with an encore presentation Wednesday, April 9 at 4:30 p.m. CT.

Summit Schedule

The full Summit schedule including panelists, moderators, and other participants is now available online, on the Program page. You can also view a full list of speakers with biographical information.

Ticketing for University of Texas students:

A limited number of tickets for individual Civil Rights Summit events will be available to current students at The University of Texas at Austin through a lottery distribution. To register for the ticket lottery, you must have a HornsLink profile. New users on HornsLink should select the Log In option on the top right of the screen, then log in with their UT EID and password. Lottery registration through HornsLink will begin on Wednesday, March 19. Students will be notified via email when registration opens. Please click here to see a list of frequently asked questions about the Summit.