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Get in the Game: A Conversation on Sports and Social Change

Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum
Austin, TX

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CDT

Join the LBJ Presidential Library, Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation, and Center for Sports Communication & Media for an evening with Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad; Nate Boyer, a former active-duty Green Beret and NFL player; and, Daron K. Roberts, the founding director of The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation.

Dr. Michael Butterworth, director of The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Sports Communication & Media, will offer introductory remarks. The conversation will be moderated by Mark K. Updegrove, president and CEO of the LBJ Foundation.

This event is part of our programming to promote our special exhibition, Get in the Game: The Fight for Equality in American Sports, currently on view at the library through Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. The exhibition celebrates the legacy of athlete activism by highlighting iconic men and women – from Jackie Robinson and Billie Jean King to Colin Kaepernick and Ibtihaj Muhammad – who have broken barriers and spoken out for equality, on and off the playing field.

All events listed in the calendar are free unless noted.

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