[bookshare-discuss] Accessible World, The night Lyndon Johnson changed America

From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:07:35 -0700
        Accessible World News Wire
  

March 31, 1968 

  

Where were you that fateful night exactly 41 years ago when Lyndon B. Johnson 
changed America?  

  

If you were Vice President Hubert Humphrey, you were in Mexico City attending 
an inter-American conference on behalf of your boss President Lyndon B. 
Johnson. 

  

If your name was Richard M. Nixon you were on a plane between Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin, and New York City after a weekend of campaigning.  

  

If you were Senator Eugene McCarthy, you were in Milwaukee hoping to improve on 
your New Hampshire showing against LBJ by actually defeating him this time in 
the Wisconsin primary, which would be held that Tuesday. 

  

If you were Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, you were assessing your 
chances in the upcoming primaries in Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, and California 
after having announced your presidential candidacy on March 16th. 

  

If you were Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., you were spending the last Sunday 
night of your life giving a most eloquent sermon at the Washington National 
Cathedral in D.C. 

  

Mr. Edwin Cooney, a student of history will take us through the above events, 
which led to the major announcement by President Johnson, which changed America 
forever. 

  

Mr. Cooney is a noted speaker in the Special Programs Series sponsored by 
Accessible World. 

  

Date:  Tuesday March 31, 2009. 

  

Time:  5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 8:00 p.m.
           Eastern and elsewhere in the world Wednesday 0:00 GMT.

Approximately 20 minutes prior to the event start time; go to A World View of 
History Room at: 

  

http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsf0c95f474b43 

  

Or, alternatively, 

  

http://www.accessibleworld.org. Select A World View of History, enter your 
first and last name on the sign-in screen. 

  

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, and 
open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, 
and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the 
presenters and others in the virtual audience or you can text chat with the 
attendees. 

  

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing 
software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and 
then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the 
Accessible World online rooms. 

  

Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and discussion lists 
are also available at our website: http://www.accessibleworld.org 

  

Media Contacts: 

  

Robert Acosta, Chair 

Accessible World 

818-998-0044 

Email: boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx 

Web: http://www.helpinghands4theblind.org 

  

Joann Becker, Events Coordinator 

Accessible World 

617-969-1213 

Email: joannbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxx 

  

George Buys, CEO 

Talking Communities 

Email: buys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

  

The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) 
not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled 
community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant 
information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed 
specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect 
them.
[bookshare-discuss] Accessible World, The night Lyndon Johnson changed America

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