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Hard lyndon johnson worked for civil rights, and i know the president feels this way. i think having him on this campus, surrounded by so many of lyndon johnson's family and colleagues, will really make him feel welcome, and that lyndon johnson laid the pathway for where he is today. >> i think that that definitely -- >> my father -- >> go ahead, lucy. >> the 1964 civil rights act was signed on my 17th birthday. nobody would ever get a better birthday present, but on my father's 100th birthday, we stood by his grave as we realized that a young senator obama was being nominated by his party to ...

Sees his passion for his issue and johnson gets it done. >> what are you expecting from president obama today? >> i want to hear a continuation how we go forward. we have a commemoration, celebration 50 years of civil rights, but how do we go forward for the next 50 years, the next 100 years to form a more perfect union. >> got to leave it there. much more to come here at the lbj library in the special edition of "the daily rundown." first here at the university of texas, got to tell you what the soup of the day is. at o's cafe, the place to eat. eve an location at the lbj library and today ...

Bill was the fruition of years of work by president johnson, president kennedy before him, and many african-american leaders. during those turbulent times jim brown was earning a national profile with the cleveland browns, and establishing himself as the greatest running back in nfl history. but he was more than a player. brown was also committed to advancing civil rights. like many other outspoken african-american athletes criticized rather than celebrated for his stance. after refiring from football in 1966 brown spent time trying to help black-run businesses working in urban neighborhoods. ...

Fascinating that you were talking about, that you said you asked your dad why he gave the first pen, no the to one of the civil rights leaders, but to every ert dirksen, republican leader in the senate after he signed this historic legislation. tell me what he said to you. >> well, he said, because, lucy baynes, i didn't have to convince a one of those civil rights leaders to be before that legislation. they were already for it with me. he said, but everett dirksen and his side of the aisle, that was an entirely different matter and if the senator hadn't been willing to stand up for civil righ...

But our tdr 50 focus this week has been on north carolina, which fits perfectly with theme of this civil rights summit. where the protests started. in february of 1964, african-american college students sat down at a whites only lunch counter in greensboro and asked to be served. well, they weren't. what began at that woolworth's lunch counter ignited a movement. here's nbc's reporter in greensboro on the 25th anniversary of that historic sit-in. >> it's almost impossible now to believe that, you know, it started here at this counter. >> reporter: it started with richmond and three other black...