President Joe Biden will visit Austin next Monday, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
The trip was first scheduled for July 15 but was postponed after former President’s Donald Trump’s assassination attempt.
Biden will give a speech at the Lyndon Baines Johnson presidential library to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Biden is expected to discuss his administration’s “progress advancing civil rights and his vision to ensure the promise of America for all communities.”
According to Kxan, Biden’s speech will be in the afternoon, though the White House hasn’t given an exact time. Other people participating in the ceremony are former ambassador and civil rights activist Andrew Young, and actor Bryan Cranston, known for his protagonic role in Breaking Bad.
This will be one of the president’s first public appearances since he announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. The place of his appearance carries some meaning regarding his current status.
Lyndon B. Johnson was the last president to withdraw from a reelection campaign. He decided to withdraw from his bid in 1968 under pressure from protests to the Vietnam War.
In addition, the LBJ Library is located in U.S. Rep. Lloyd Dogget’s district. He was the first Democratic congressman to publicly call for Biden to step aside.
“When I respectfully called for President Biden to step aside almost three weeks ago, I recognized that this would be a painful and difficult decision, not unlike that faced long ago under different circumstances by President Lyndon B. Johnson,” Dogget said after Biden’s announcement on Sunday. “Today’s courageous action caps decades of selfless service and opens the door to a convention that can build on our progress and prevent a takeover of our country by Trump and his gang.”
