Civil Rights Summit April 8 - 10 at LBJ Library honors 50th anniversary of civil rights laws . ` There will be many brave men and women not returning to these hallowed halls because of their courageous stand for voting rights . Luci Baines Johnson 's father , LBJ , signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act on her 17th birthday . She stood behind him as he signed the Voting Rights Act ; he taught her justice of the peace . Her dad wanted U.S. to be ` ` blind to color , '' where opportunity , opportunity is unaware of color .
Civil Rights Summit April 8 - 10 at LBJ Library honors 50th anniversary of civil rights laws . Luci Baines Johnson 's father , LBJ , signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act on her 17th birthday . She stood behind him as he signed the Voting Rights Act ; he taught her justice of the peace . Her dad wanted U.S. to be ` ` blind to color , '' where opportunity , opportunity is unaware of color .