/tags/lbj LBJ en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /2023-10-20/austin-airport-name-change-campaign-lbj-abia Emails between Mayor Watson and the LBJ Foundation reveal a push to rename Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after President Lyndon B. Johnson. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /2023-10-20/austin-airport-name-change-campaign-lbj-abia Nathan Bernier /texas/2018-09-18/doris-kearns-goodwin-says-even-in-turbulent-times-we-can-learn-from-past-crises From Texas Standard:In this age of Twitter-driven, toxic politics, it's an interesting intellectual exercise to try and imagine how historians might� Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:15:56 GMT /texas/2018-09-18/doris-kearns-goodwin-says-even-in-turbulent-times-we-can-learn-from-past-crises Rhonda Fanning /texas/2018-04-11/on-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-fair-housing-act-the-law-has-a-mixed-bag-legacy From Texas Standard.Because 1968 was such a historic year, 2018 is packed with momentous 50th anniversaries. It was a year of ideological divides,� Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:57:10 GMT /texas/2018-04-11/on-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-fair-housing-act-the-law-has-a-mixed-bag-legacy Jen Rice /texas/2018-02-22/how-texas-shaped-rev-billy-graham-and-rev-billy-graham-shaped-texas From Texas Standard.In September of 1971, hundreds of thousands of people packed Texas Stadium in Irving over 10 days. It wasn’t for a Dallas Cowboys� Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:46:21 GMT /texas/2018-02-22/how-texas-shaped-rev-billy-graham-and-rev-billy-graham-shaped-texas Michael Marks /austin/2018-02-12/the-portrait-lbj-never-wanted-the-world-to-see This story was originally published on March 11, 2015.In 1967, famed landscape artist Peter Hurd unveiled a portrait of then-President Lyndon B. Johnson.� Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:31:11 GMT /austin/2018-02-12/the-portrait-lbj-never-wanted-the-world-to-see Andrew Weber /science/2018-01-29/how-weather-can-shape-the-course-of-history What causes cities to grow and prosper � or not? Why does one side defeat another in war? Those are complex situations with a lot of contributing factors.� Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:01:00 GMT /science/2018-01-29/how-weather-can-shape-the-course-of-history KUT Staff /texas/2017-10-27/from-the-jfk-files-russian-leader-suspected-dallas-police-of-involvement-in-the-presidents-death From Texas Standard.The federal government released some 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Thursday. A� Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:49:31 GMT /texas/2017-10-27/from-the-jfk-files-russian-leader-suspected-dallas-police-of-involvement-in-the-presidents-death Michael Marks /politics/2017-10-02/first-african-american-u-s-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in-50-years-ago Fifty years ago today � Oct. 2, 1967 � Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. A former White� Mon, 02 Oct 2017 23:51:58 GMT /politics/2017-10-02/first-african-american-u-s-supreme-court-justice-sworn-in-50-years-ago Nathan Bernier /texas/2016-06-06/is-donald-trump-the-2016-barry-goldwater From Texas Standard:A political analyst outlines three aspects of LBJ's campaign in 1964 against Republican nominee Barry Goldwater that could easily� Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:38:53 GMT /texas/2016-06-06/is-donald-trump-the-2016-barry-goldwater Alain Stephens | The Trace /texas/2015-11-30/how-lady-bird-shaped-lbjs-presidency From Texas Standard:In Texas, the name Lady Bird Johnson demands a great amount of respect. That’s because Lady Bird was a Texan through and through. Her� Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:07:37 GMT /texas/2015-11-30/how-lady-bird-shaped-lbjs-presidency Hady Karl Mawajdeh