Austin American-Statesman: “President Joe Biden is set to deliver a major speech on civil rights and democracy at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin on July 15, the same day the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee, two sources familiar with the engagement told the American-Statesman.
The event, which will commemorate the recent 60th anniversary of Johnson’s signing of the Civil Rights Act, will mark Biden’s first trip to Texas’ capital city since before his election in 2020.
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The visit will come roughly a decade after then-President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter attended the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library to commemorate the Civil Rights Act’s 50th anniversary in 2014.
Following the speech in Austin, Biden will travel to speak at the NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas on July 16 and make remarks at the UnidosUS conference in the same city. UnidosUS is a nonprofit organization that works to “eliminate barriers and create opportunities for” Latinos in the U.S.”