President Barack Obama to visit Austin in April for LBJ Civil Rights Summit

President Barack Obama will attend a major summit on Lyndon Johnson’s civil rights legacy at the LBJ Library in Austin on April 10, the White House confirmed Thursday.

Obama will deliver a keynote address on the final day of the three-day summit, following presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton on the two previous days. George W. Bush is tentatively scheduled to speak on April 10 as well, summit organizers said.

“On Thursday, April 10th, the President and First Lady will travel to the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, to deliver remarks at a Civil Rights Summit to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act,” a White House statement said. “Further details about the President and First Lady’s travel to Texas will be made available in the coming days.”

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Already confirmed to attend are civil rights leaders, current and former officeholders, academics, dignitaries and authors, including LBJ daughters Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb; former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond; University of Texas President Bill Powers and Taylor “Parting The Waters” Branch, the premier historian of the civil rights movement.

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