Youll sink like a stone oh, the times they are a changing here at the lbj library we are in our temporary exhibit gallery, which we are featuring the from the sixtys exhibit. Within the exhibit itself as the title suggests we highlight 60 americans that had a great impact on the nation and are still relevant within the 21st century. Some of these people are bob dylan, president lyndon johnson, barbara streisand. We have science. We have the apollo 11 crew, for being the first humans on the face of the moon. We highlight marshall nurnberg who not only cracked the genetic code back in 1960s but he also won the nobel prize for his work. Charles schultz is probably one of my favorite parts of the exhibit. We were lucky enough to get two of his original sunday comics and a pair of his skates that illustrate that he was a life long amateur hockey fan. And thats something that we try to do within the exhibit is to find one object or one document that speaks to the accomplishment of each person. The importance of an exhibit like this is to show how americans 50 years ago completed work that is still relevant in the 21st century. For example in the early 1960s at t launched the first communication satellite, which was the recursor to the electronic age that we are experiencing now. Satellite communications, cell phone reception Worldwide Television reception, and internet service. One of the people we are highlighting is ralph behr who was the inventor of the worlds first video game, which began the video game revolution, which we have now. His prototype that was developed in the 1960s was eventually purchased by magnavox that they turned into the magnavox odyssey, which became the first commercially produced video game. The magnavox odyssey was the precursor to pong and pac man and all of the video games that are on the market today. One of the many authors we have in the exhibit is a First Edition copy of Rachel Carsons silent spring that was published in the early 1960s. This book brought National Attention to the plight and problems caused by the pesticide d. D. T. , which in turn, kicked off the modern environmental movement, which mrs. Johnson, during her time in the white house and afterwards, had championed this movement when she promoted programs like highway beautification. She started the Lady Bird JohnsonWildfire Center here in austin. And other environmental type programs. Ladies and gentlemen, the beatles [screaming] oh, yeah i tell you something i think youll understand when i say that something i want to hold your hand music was a very large part of the 1960s. A lot of 1960s music is still being played on modern radio. In a partnership with the Grammy Museum, we have developed a sound track for the decade that we highlight within the exhibit. The Grammy Museum put together a panel of musical experts to come up with the most influential songs of the 1960s , and the l. B. J. Library then posted those songs on our website and allowed the public to vote on which were the most popular songs. Bob dylan, blowing in the wind is occupying the the answer is blowing in the wind. With our program, we hope to give people a greater understanding of American History. Through our temporary exhibit program, we are looking to give a different perspective on, not only the decade of the 1960s, but the entire scope of American History. Throughout the weekend American History tv features austin, texas. Learn about other stops on cs pan. Org localcontent. You are watching American History tv. Senate leadership