CORNERSTONES OF CIVIL RIGHTS The Civil Rights Summit also includes a special exhibit, “The Cornerstones of Civil Rights,” highlighting civil rights legislation passed during the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Baines Johnson. On display will be: The 13th Amendment Resolution which ended slavery, signed by President Lincoln Original documents of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 A lithography copy of Abraham Lincoln’s final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation Editorial cartoons that portray Lincoln and Johnson as partners “on the road to equal rights” Two hats owned and worn by the two presidents – the Resistol cowboy hat that accentuated LBJ’s Texas roots, and the “stovepipe” hat that has become Lincoln’s trademark The exhibit will be open to the public and on display in the Great Hall of the LBJ Presidential Library April 1 – April 30, 2014.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 02:19:16 +0000
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015