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April 2009
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Recently in History CategoryTexas politics and history buffs unite! The LBJ School's new Center for Politics and Governance is hosting the authors of Bob Bullock: God Bless Texas on the UT campus. Authors Jim Henderson and Dave McNeely will be joined by former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby, former Speaker of the Texas House Gibson "Gib" Lewis and State Senator Rodney Ellis. They're gonna talk all things Bob Bullock. After the panel, join them for some cookies and other refreshments. Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday morning, the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum released the former president's phone recordings from 1967. For some reason there are fewer recordings from that year than from previous ones. (I'm really looking forward to the 2008 release of the 1968 tapes, since that was such a tumultuous year.) The conversations about the six-day war, growing discontent with Vietnam and the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall were all fascinating. Though, I always enjoy hearing LBJ talk politics since he's clearly varsity All-American at that... |
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