LBJ's Neglected Legacy: How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government
In the book launch for this edited volume, leading experts from varied disciplines investigate the extraordinary range and extent of LBJ’s influence on American public policy and administration - a legacy that makes him one of America’s most effective, if controversial, leaders.
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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.
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