Schedule

Readings by Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb

The daughters of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson offer readings from their father's speeches

Evening Program, Welcome and Introduction

Mark K. Updegrove
President and CEO, LBJ Foundation

An Evening with Dolores Huerta and Andrew Young

Two civil rights legends discuss the movements they waged, what those efforts mean today, and what we can learn from them as we continue the quest for equality in 21st century America.

Dolores Huerta
Founder and President, Dolores Huerta Foundation

Andrew Young
Former UN Ambassador, Congressman, and Mayor of Atlanta

Black, Brown, and Blue: Healing the Divide Between Minority Communities and Law Enforcement

Charges of police misconduct continue to be a source of rising racial tension, principally in African-American and Latino communities. What are the factors at play in the long history of mistrust between minority communities and law enforcement? And what can be done to instill greater goodwill between them?

Art Acevedo
Chief, Houston Police Department

DeRay Mckesson
Civil Rights Activist and Organizer

Moderator: Terrance L. Green
Associate Professor, Department of Education Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin

Book Signing

DeRay Mckesson, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope

Morning Program, Welcome and Introduction

Colette Pierce Burnette
President and Chief Executive Officer, Huston-Tillotson University

The Illusion of Color Blindness

A thought-provoking overture on race with the suggestion that color blindness is an illusion and a personal take on what it means to be a person of color in America.

Glenn E. Singleton
Author and Creator of Courageous Conversation

Building a Movement

Successful activists and community organizers share how they've built a social movement to achieve greater justice and equality.

Brittany Packnett
Co-host of Pod Save the People and Teach for America's Vice President of National Community Alliances

Cristina Tzintzún Ramírez
Founder and Executive Director, Jolt

Moderator: Leonard N. Moore
Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin

Social Justice and the Search for the Beloved Community

A view on social justice in America today and the elusive pursuit of what the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. called "the Beloved Community"

Peniel E. Joseph
Founding Director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Book Signings

Peniel E. Joseph, Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama
Cristina Tzintzún Ramírez, Presente!: Latin@ Immigrant Voices in the Struggle for Racial Justice

Afternoon Program, Welcome and Introduction

Mark K. Updegrove
President and CEO, LBJ Foundation

Stand-up Performance

Sasheer Zamata
Comedian and Former Cast Member of Saturday Night Live

Songwriters in the Round

Renowned songwriters and musicians discuss music as a form of inspiration, activism, and social expression, while offering their own musical performances.

Shemekia Copeland
GRAMMY-nominated Blues Musician

Jimmy Jam
GRAMMY Award-winning Songwriter and Producer

Wyclef Jean
GRAMMY Award-winning Musician

Moderator: Bob Santelli
Founding Executive Director, GRAMMY Museum

A Conversation with Valerie Jarrett

The former senior advisor to President Obama discusses her new memoir, Finding My Voice, in which she recounts her work furthering civil rights and criminal justice reform and her long-term relationship with Barack and Michelle Obama.

Moderator: Brittany Packnett
Co-host of Pod Save the People and Teach for America's Vice President of National Community Alliances

What’s So Funny About Race?

Celebrated comedians talk about comedy as a means of social commentary and consciousness around the issues of race.

George Lopez
Comedian, Actor, and Producer

Aparna Nancherla
Comedian and Actress

Dulcé Sloan
Comedian and Correspondent for The Daily Show

Sasheer Zamata
Comedian and Former Cast Member of Saturday Night Live

Moderator: Cappy McGarr
Co-creator of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor and LBJ Foundation Board Trustee

Book Signing

Valerie Jarrett, Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward

Evening Program, Welcome and Introduction

Larry Temple
Chairman, LBJ Foundation

A Conversation with Madeleine Albright

The naturalized American citizen and first woman to become Secretary of State offers her views on immigration and her concerns about America's drift toward nationalism, isolationism, and xenophobia.

Moderator: Mark K. Updegrove
President and CEO, LBJ Foundation

What Justice Requires

An exploration of Bryan Stevenson's mission of helping our nation's poor and prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes or denied a fair trial.

Bryan Stevenson
Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative

Book Signing

Madeleine Albright, Fascism: A Warning

Morning Program, Welcome and Introduction

Tom Johnson
Chairman Emeritus, LBJ Foundation

Where Do We Go From Here?

The civil rights activist and businessman, whom Henry Louis Gates has called "the Rosa Parks of American business," discusses how far we have come in diversifying corporate America—and how far we still need to go.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Civil Rights Activist and Senior Managing Director of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

Fulfilling the American Promise: The Continuing Quest for Voting Rights

Over half a century after President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, its planks have been consistently weakened while voter suppression has become a routine political tactic. What can be done to protect the rights of eligible voters while ensuring the prevention of voter fraud?

Jamie Azure
Tribal Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians

Julieta Garibay
Texas Director and Co-Founder, United We Dream

Andrew Young
Civil Rights Legend and former UN Ambassador, Congressman, and Mayor of Atlanta

Moderator: Angela Evans
Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

The Silver Rights Movement

What it means to empower one's life through financial dignity

John Hope Bryant
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc.

Afternoon Program, Welcome and Introduction

Steve Adler
Mayor, City of Austin

Anatomy of an Ad

Leaders from global creative agency Wieden+Kennedy, together with Glenn E. Singleton, discuss the power of advertising to drive social change.

Karrelle Dixon
Managing Director, Wieden+Kennedy

Patty Orlando
Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy Portland

Glenn E. Singleton
Author and Creator of Courageous Conversation

A Poetry Reading Javier Zamora
Award-winning Salvadoran American Poet and Activist

Immigration: American Dreams and Challenges

A panel of experts explore the complex issue of immigration: What characterizes the immigrant experience today? What does it mean to be an American in 2019? How can our immigration system be improved, with or without a wall—and what is the right security policy on our southern border?

Thomas A. Saenz
President and General Counsel, MALDEF

Jose Antonio Vargas
Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist, Emmy-nominated Filmmaker, and Founder of Define American

Ruth Wasem
Professor of Public Policy Practice, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Javier Zamora
Award-winning Salvadoran American Poet and Activist

Moderator: Victoria DeFrancesco Soto
Director of Civic Engagement and Lecturer, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

Note: Vargas was unable to participate in the panel due to sickness.

Stand-up Performance

Dulcé Sloan
Comedian and Correspondent for The Daily Show

Race and the Media

An exploration of our country's fragmented media landscape and how media outlets can shape one's opinion on race. Is the media covering race comprehensively and fairly? What are the effects of growing perceptions of media bias? And why are journalists of color underrepresented in newsrooms?

Yamiche Alcindor
White House Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Moderator: Kathleen McElroy
Director of the School of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin

Book Signings

Jose Antonio Vargas, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Javier Zamora, Unaccompanied

Note: Vargas was unable to participate in the panel due to sickness.

Evening Program, Welcome and Introduction

Motown: Sixty Years of "Hitsville, USA"

In conjunction with the GRAMMY Museum's new exhibition, Motown: The Sound of Young America, opening at the LBJ Presidential Library on April 13, some of Motown's biggest stars recall the beginnings of Motown 60 years ago and how it forever changed American music, business, and perceptions of African-Americans.

Duke Fakir
Founding Member of The Four Tops

Claudette Robinson
Member of The Miracles

Mary Wilson
Founding Member of The Supremes

Moderator: Bob Santelli
Founding Executive Director, GRAMMY Museum