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Dear friends at the @lbjlibrary, I NEED one of those towels!
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I recently came upon recordings of the 1972 Civil Rights Summit which included a good friend of mine, the late Dr. Melvin P. Sikes. The recordings are posted as a group on the YouTube channel of the LBJ Library. What a marvelous event!
Ten years later, I would go to work for Mel in the College of Education at UT while I was attending graduate school. We became fast friends. I helped Mel transition to Professor Emeritus. A link to a book he co-authored is below. It is an excellent discussion and recommended.
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LBJ Presidential Library – Austin, Texas | Austin, TX Travel Guide - Ep# 7
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tysm to the lovely @stringcage for pointing out that jinx's shadow is vi! so i have two sorta theories on this that i wanna share ♡
vi is going to feel obligated to follow jinx in her path of destruction because she feels responsible for jinx and who she has become. the shadow representing how vi is not acting in her own interest rather following jinx
the shadow is to show how vi is now forever in jinx's past as jinx has gone so far and has turned full villain mode that vi no longer sees her as her sister powder and has accepted they are enemies
obviously which ever way it goes it will be way more nuanced but omg i have not stopped thinking about this 12 second clip and had to get my thoughts out there!!
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While at the LBJ library in Austin, Tx they had a Music through the decades display and it had our man Elvis Presley in it !!
@vintagepresley @precious-little-scoundrel
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exercise 01092024
bike ride to the gym
3 x 10 lat pull
3 x 10 tricep press
3 x 5 dips
3 x 10 row
45 minute spin class
6 x 5 seated press
bike ride to my Mom's then the library and on home
the gym workers received Dove chocolates
my Mom was sleeping so i visited with the sitter. dropped off the LBJ and Lady Bird Johnson book for my Mom to start reading. tomorrow morning my Mom has her 1st appointment with the kidney doctor so i will be picking her up around 730a and taking her to see that doctor. Mom's general practitioner referred her due to slowly declining kidney function
bottom = books i was looking at in the biography section. she likes books about the 1960s and 1970s when she was in her 20s / 30s
super breezy and cool today / Peanut inside most of the day. she doesn't like the wind and not fond of cool weather either
started working on my 2023 taxes and estimating taxes for 2024. blech.
hope you have a peaceful afternoon and evening..
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White House Hailed BANNED BOOK Authors!
By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
In honor of #BannedBookWeek, we show how authors of some of the "most banned books" -- including Mark Twain, Harper Lee, Maya Angelou, John Steinbeck, Toni Morrison -- were celebrated, embraced and welcomed by the White House.
MARK TWAIN - endorsed by George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and FDR!
To honor much-banned author Mark Twain, FDR dedicated the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge (Hannibal, MO, 1936) and the Mark Twain National Forest (Rollo, MO, 1939).
FDR's Address at the dedication of The Mark Twain Memorial Bridge, 9/4/1936, Hannibal, MO, NARA ID 197594.
Mark Twain National Forest (Rolla, MO), est. 9/11/1939.
Sign for Mark Twain National Forest, 9/9/1965, NARA ID 2132546
President George W. Bush and First Lady (& librarian) Laura Bush held a White House Symposium on Mark Twain (11/29/2001).
Invitation to 2001 White House Symposium on Mark Twain. George W. Bush Library. NARA ID 148028517.
HARPER LEE, Presidential Medal of Freedom
Many praised author Harper Lee including Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
President Obama's Tribute to Harper Lee, 2/19/2016, Obama Library, NARA ID 236742454.
President George W. Bush with Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Harper Lee, 10/12/2007, George W. Bush Library, NARA ID 7431358.
JOHN STEINBECK, pals with LBJ!
President Johnson awarded writer John Steinbeck the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Steinbeck already had won a 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Grapes of Wrath and the 1962 Nobel Prize.
LBJ awards Steinbeck the Presidential Medal of Freedom while First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, looks on. Steinbeck Center Photo Archive.
Two years later, (5/16/1966) Steinbeck and his 19 year-old son visited President Johnson at the White House, just a few weeks after John, Jr. had completed Army basic training and shortly before his departure for Vietnam. More about this visit here.
John Steinbeck Jr. at 19 (L)) with father John and LBJ in the Oval Office, 5/16/1966. Online.
Thank you note from Steinbeck to LBJ:
Letter from John Steinbeck to President Johnson, 5/28/1966. Johnson Library, NARA ID 6207609.
Listen to LBJ's call with Steinback about Vietnam (12/4/1966)
"Lady Bird sends her love and we look forward to seeing you..." NARA ID 205707398.
Ban COMICS, too? "Poisoning our Children’s Minds"
First Issue of “Mad Magazine”, 10/1952, Committee Papers, 1816 - 2011. Records of the U.S. Senate, NARA ID 595430.
The National Archives has a copy of issue #1 of MAD magazine, a permanent federal record that was submitted to a Senate subcommittee in 1953 on juvenile delinquency as evidence of comics’ corrupting influence on young people.
For three days, experts testified on whether or not comic books were “printed poison” for young people. The hearings created so much bad press for the comics industry that it created the Comics Code Authority to self-regulate the content of their comic books. MAD’s publisher reformatted the publication as a magazine in order to avoid the CCA restrictions. Learn more about these hearings here.
The National Archives Museum's (DC) Records of Rights exhibit includes this letter from an outraged mother urging Congress to ban “these lurid, highly colored comics" that lead to increased crime. She urges PTAs and "mothers of our beloved country" to unite and fight comics for 3 reasons:
"Would be a great step forward in the control of the young, especially the young boys."
"All the awful crime stories and murder mysteries [are] sent out to pollute the air and corrupt the minds of our younger generation."
"Reading all these lurid, highly colored comics ruins a child's appetite for good books..."
Letter from Eugenia Y. Genovar Regarding Comic Book Censorship, NARA ID 6120051.
Other frequently-banned authors/Presidential Medals of Freedom winners include:
Toni Morrison (2012)
President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Toni Morrison, 5/29/2012. Pete Souza, Obama Library. NARA ID 176548906.
Maya Angelou (2010)
President Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Maya Angelou, 2/15/2011. By Lawrence Jackson, Obama Library, NARA ID 231832591.
More online re: #bannedbook authors:
Letter to President Theodore Roosevelt from Upton Sinclair, whose novel “The Jungle” has been banned in banned in Yugoslavia, East Germany, South Korea, and Boston.
Deposition of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
Facial Hair Friday: Mark Twain, Pieces of History
JFK & Hemingway: Beyond “Grace Under Pressure”
#banned#banned books#literature#freedom#education#ala#great books#censorshihp#american history#us history#american classic#mark twain#harper lee#to kill a mockingbird#huckleberry finn#fdr library#jfk library#grapes of wrath#toni morrison#maya angelou#comic books#comics history
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We went to the LBJ Library in Austin on Sunday, and I realized that every one of his major accomplishments have been under attack by Republicans for the last 65 years.
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got to see some @taylorswift memorabilia in person today at the LBJ presidential library & museum! The pieces are on display as part of the “Music America: iconic objects from America’s music history” exhibit curated by The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music, in association with the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Delta Blues Museum, Hard Rock International, and LBJ Presidential Library @taylornation
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The year was 1948. From the article:
Kudos to the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin for posting to the web copies of tapes that prove that Lyndon Baines Johnson stole his seat in the Senate when first running for it. Johnson went on to absolutely dominate the Senate as Majority Leader, and from there he managed to become president when JFK was assassinated in his home state of Texas while he was VP.
The stolen election was the Democrat primary, which back then was tantamount to election because Democrats dominated the segregated South of the era. Johnson defeated former Texas Governor Coke Stevenson by 87 votes, after a box of votes was “discovered.”
LBJ rose to the presidency because of this stollen election. Now you get why presidents are “selected” not “elected”
And they’ve certainly been doing it since, only more emboldened and protected to do so. And LBJ was in on the JFK assassination. A true coup.
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You are an LBJ apologist
Here is a small selection of LBJ's legislative accomplishments during his five years and two months as President:
•Clean Air Act of 1963
•Food Stamp Act of 1964
•Civil Rights Act of 1964
•Creation of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1964)
•Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Creation of Head Start, Job Corps, and Community Action Programs)
•Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
•Higher Education Act of 1965 (Creation of Teacher Corps and Upward Bound)
•National Endowment for the Arts
ªNational Endowment for the Humanities
ªImmigration and Nationality Act of 1965
•Social Security Amendments of 1965 (Creation of Medicare and Medicaid)
•Older Americans Act of 1965
•Creation of the Model Cities Program (1965)
•Child Nutrition Act of 1965 (Creation of school breakfast programs)
•Voting Rights Act of 1965
•Creation of VISTA (now part of AmeriCorps) (1965)
•Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (Creation of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
•Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1966
•Child Safety Act of 1966
•Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 (Creation of PBS, NPR, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
•Wholesome Meat Act of 1967
•Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (Early disability access to public buildings law)
•Truth-In-Lending Act (1968)
•Gun Control Act of 1968
•Bilingual Education Act of 1968
•Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act, Indian Civil Rights Act, and creation of Federal hate crime laws)
•Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
So, yeah, guilty as charged.
Here are more landmark laws from the LBJ years, courtesy of the fine folks over at the @lbjlibrary.
#History#Lyndon B. Johnson#LBJ#Great Society#President Johnson#Johnson Administration#Voting Rights Act#Civil Rights Act of 1964#Civil Rights#Medicare#Medicaid#Social Security#Fair Housing Act#Life-changing Legislation#5 years and 59 days#LBJ Library
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LBJ was never meant to be president, ever.
They falsified the numbers almost 20 years prior, in the 1948 Texas elections!
I’ll let those of a certain age take a moment and let that soak in.
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A missal is a Catholic prayer/service book used to follow along during Mass; you can use the church copies or buy your own. When JFK was assassinated in 1963 and LBJ was sworn in on Air Force One, an aide grabbed one after mistaking it for a Bible, so he took the oath using that. It's now in the latter's presidential library.
The Anglican equivalent would be the Book of Common Prayer; that's still used but other service books are more common. They recently issued an official order updating the section on praying for the Queen to praying for the King.
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Stress and busyness keep me from posting a lot of things at times I want to.
However, when I see interesting posts that really make me look at it like, "Huh?", I need to post them.
This was actually posted on an actual Twitter feed of the LBJ Presidential Library...
(In case it gets deleted, I screenshot it.)
The Twitter thread below it is interesting...
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Texas Trip 2022 : Leg 3: “Austin Doesn’t Suck”
We were supposed to take the train down from Fort Worth to Austin but there was another bridge fire. Texas- it’s hot. So instead we rented a car and drove down which allowed us to stop at the much mentioned Buc-ee’s along the way. There’s a place.
Really enjoyed the Airbnb we stayed at- there was a balcony I spent quality time reading on and I really did love hearing the nearby skate park while out there. The sounds of a wholesome community. There was also a giant “Protect Trans Youth” billboard down the road as well. All the folks we met in Austin were super, super nice (and very unlike SF).
Guided by a recommendation for the Ransom Center on campus, A and I were stunned by how much we enjoyed it. They have a Gutenberg Bible!! There are only 5 complete ones in the US (21 in the world)
Look at that headband! Crazy! The center also had a stunning exhibit on “pre-modern” European printing/maps with an emphasis on second hand accounts and an exhibit of David Foster Wallace (whom A is a fan of). For such a small space we spent a lot of time there. (free on Thursdays)
The LBJ “Library” (it’s not a library) was Not My Thing (though A enjoyed it) and we were left little time to hit the art museum, which was fun on a speed run (free on Thursdays!)- we both were overly enchanted by the Ellsworth Kelly's Austin light/glass/building thing. Thank goodness we visited right at closing, who knows how long A would have stayed there... my preference though was to hang out with the pennies and bones exhibit. Meant to be a morbid critique of the church and something something, I just thought it was pretty....
I know it’s supposed to be a good music ‘scene’ so I’m very thankful to have caught Terminator: The Musical and still have “I’ll be your future dad/I’ll be your savior son” stuck in my head. Low budget, high laughs- sadly the Spotify recording does it no justice.
The rest of the time in town was great. Food, scooters, parks (the Observation Pod!), the Austin Library, BookPeople, kayaking on the lake (it’s a lake, not a river!), the bats, the biking- even the little hike we went on that absolutely kicked my butt was “good” (kinda’ sorta’). The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center was especially great (will get another post) and I (surprising to me) really enjoyed my trip to the Barton Springs (natural spring swimming spot) where a live band was playing just on the other side of the fence.
It was one week, it was hot, I’m probably never ever going back, but it was still a wonderful time and I’m happy I went.
#Austin#review#travel#seemed like a kid friendly city- would recommend for folks w/ kids aged toddler & up#this felt like the first real 'trip' for us post covid so the memories are perhaps warmer than normal#everything still has the shine of 'novelty' and the urge to 'embrace life' after pandemic lingers on#was definitely pre-disposed to dislike Texas/Texans and Austin made me ashamed of my prejudices on how lovely & nice it was#(I'm still skeptical about the rest of the state....)
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had a really nice walk down to the voting place & realized as i was leaving that the building right next door was the LBJ presidential library. i knew it was in town but i had no idea that i lived THAT close to it. then wandered around campus for a while before heading home since it's so nice out. man i missed living in the middle of town you can just walk outside and there's like, Stuff to check out everywhere
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