University Park, PA -- Succeeding to the presidency in 1963, Lyndon Johnson pledged to carry on the legacy of the slain John F. Kennedy. In his first year, Johnson pushed through Civil Rights legislation and laid the groundwork for new federal anti-poverty and education programs. But he also inherited from the previous administration, what became the Vietnam War.

The fourth in a six-part film and discussion series, "Lyndon Johnson: Anxious Power" examines Johnson's presidency and legacy. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, on Monday, April 8, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Film segments will be shown from LBJ, winner of the Alfred I. DuPont/Columbia Journalism Award and the Writer�s Guild Award, produced and directed by David Grubin. Dr. William Bianco, associate professor of political science at Penn State, will lead the discussion and provide reading lists.

The series "Presidents, Politics, and Power: American Presidents Who Shaped the 20th Century" is a partnership between Schlow Memorial Library and the Social Sciences Library, within Penn State's University Libraries. Together, they make up one of twenty-pilot libraries nationwide selected to participate in this project organized by National Video Resources (NVR) in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office. The project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the locally sponsoring libraries.

For more information: www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/docs/presidents/ or 814-865-4861.