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‘The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society’

Lyndon Johnson signing a bill outside New York City

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‘The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society’

Julian Zelizer

Wednesday, March 04, 2015
6:00AM - 7:30AM (EST)
Event Details

Princeton University's Julian Zelizer discusses his book The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society, which offers a big-picture account of the Great Society and the forces that shaped it, from President Lyndon Johnson and members of Congress to the civil rights movement and the media.

 

When
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
6:00AM - 7:30AM (EST)
Where
The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Speakers
Zelizer

Julian Zelizer

Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton. His books include Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945-1975; On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and its Consequences, 1948-2000; and Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security—From World War II to the War on Terrorism. Zelizer is a frequent commentator in the international and national media on political history and contemporary politics, and writes a weekly column on CNN.com. The History News Network named him one of the top young historians in the country.