Texas. Mr. Caro is the author of a four volume biography of the 36th president. Here is the 2003 tour of the lbj library. First time i came here, i was looking for the papers and came around the corner like this. This is what i saw. The only moment in my life, the moment in my life when i felt my quitting. I was really overwhelmed. What you are looking at here the papers of Lyndon Baines johnson, the 36th president of the United States. Pulitzer prize winning author robert caro has been sifting through the millions of papers of Lyndon Johnson for 26 years. Recently booktv joined mr. Caro to learn how he conducts research for his multivolume biography, the years of Lyndon Johnson. During our visit robert caro also spoke at the lbj library for the first time. Over the next two hours youll see parts of thats beach interspersed with abof that speech interspersed with a id be happy to take questions if anybody has a question they would like to ask. Keto is how you came to write about Lyndon
Cspan3s and American History tv. Now, American History tv looks back 50 years at the Voting Rights act of 1965. We will listen in on white house telephone calls between president johnson and his aides civil rights leader Martin Luther king junior, and members of congress, who strategized how to implement the law. It will be 50 years ago that president Lyndon Johnson passed the civil rights bill. We will be talking to experts as well as going behind the scenes with white house telephone recordings. Lets introduce our experts. Joining us in washington, d c cant germany kent germany. Thank you for joining us. Chef but it is my pleasure. Host our next guest was the secretary of health, education and welfare, and he was the author of the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Thank you for joining us. Host mr. Germany the lbj project, what is that . Mr. Germany it is trying to get all of the recordings transcribed, edited, annotated anything you would need to know to understand what is goin
Host it will be 50 years ago this august that president Lyndon Johnson passed the civil rights voting act. We will be talking to experts as well as going behind the scenes with white house telephone recordings. Lets introduce our experts. Joining us in washington, d. C. Kent germany. He is a history professor at the university of South Carolina but also the editor of the lyndon b. Johnson project at the university of virginia. Thanks for joining us. Mr. Germany it is my pleasure. Host our next guest was the secretary of health, education and welfare, and he was the author of the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Thank you for joining us. Mr. Califano nice to be with you. Host before we starts, a little bit about your perspectives. Mr. Germany, the lbj project what is that . Mr. Germany it is a goldmining project. It is trying to get all of the recordings transcribed, edited annotated, anything you would need to know to understand what is going on in a conversation. The editors are
Voting rights act in 1965. It are outward together, we will learn how lbj got the Voting Rights bill passed in congress and we will also talk to experts and also be going behind the scenes with white house telephone recordings. Lets introduce our experts. Joining us in washington, d. C. Kent germany. He is a history professor at the university of south carolina. Thank you for joining us. Mr. Germany thank you. It is my pleasure. Host our next guest was the secretary of health, education and welfare, and he was the author of the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. The white house years. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for joining us. Guest nice to be with you. Host mr. Germany, the lbj project, what is that . Mr. Germany it is trying to get all of the recordings transcribed, edited, annotated anything you would need to know to understand what is going on in a conversation. The editors are there. We are trying to put everything out from the assassination.
Joining us is a history professor at the university of South Carolina but also the editor of the product of the Miller Center at the university of virginia. Mr. Germany, thanks for joining us thank you. Its my pleasure. Joining us from new york, joseph califano, the assistant for Domestic Affairs from 1965 to 1969. Also secretary of health and welfare from 70 to 79. And the author of the triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. Thank you for joining us. Nice to be with you. Before we go into the conversation and the phone calls, a little bit about your perspectives coming from mr. Germany to you first. The lbj project, what is that . The lbj project is a gold mine project in essence. It is a group of scholars at the university of virginia, public affairs. That is trying to get all of the recordings tribed, annotated. Everything you would need to know whats going on in the information. Editors there try to present it. We are trying to put everything out from the assassination all the way