Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library
Hill Country Trail Region
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, located on the University of Texas campus, provides extensive exhibits on the topics of civil rights and social justice in support of Texas-born President Johnson’s legacy as the signer of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Visitors can listen to a telephone call between Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr., watch powerful videos about the civil rights movement and the struggle to enact civil rights legislation and see the actual desk on which Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Watch the following video to learn more about President Johnson's role in advancing the Civil Rights in the United States.