Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC

With The LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
LBJ Washington Center

Friday, 23 October, 2015

LBJ's Neglected Legacy:

How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government

8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introduction (Sixth Floor Auditorium)

• James Person, Woodrow Wilson Center
• Robert Wilson, Co-editor of LBJ's Neglected Legacy

9:00-10:15 Panel I

            Chair, Norman Glickman Co-editor of LBJ's Neglected Legacy

• Ending Jim Crow, Attacking the Ghetto Walls—Gary Orfield
• LBJ’s Voting Rights Legacy— chapter by Jorge Chapa, presented by Robert Wilson
• The Consequences of LBJ’s Immigration-Policy Reforms–Frank D. Bean

Discussant: Michael Fix, President of the Migration Policy Institute

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:00 Panel II

            Chair, Robert Wilson, Co-editor of LBJ's Neglected Legacy

• The Healthcare Legacy of the Great Society–Paul Starr
• Head Start: Growing Beyond the War on Poverty–Elizabeth Rose
• Water Quality and Air Quality Policies of the LBJ Administration–David J. Eaton

Discussant: Cynthia Osborne, Director of the Center for Health and Social Policy

12:00-12:15 Q&A

This event is cosponsored by the LBJ School Washington Center.