The LBJ Museum’s Fall Lecture is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 23 with Casey D. Nichols P.h.D. as the presenter.
Nichols is originally from Long Beach, California, which inspired her research interests in African American and Latinx urban history. After graduating from Long Beach Polytechnic High School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in history from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). She participated in the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program as an undergraduate, which prepared Casey for her Master of Arts in history at the University of Washington, Seattle and her PhD in history at Stanford University.
An Assistant Professor of History at Texas State University, Dr. Nichols teaches US history that focuses on the American story from the point of view of the under- represented. Her recently published book is “Poverty Rebels: Black and Brown Protest in Post-Civil Rights America.” Dr. Casey’s Fall Lecture presentation “How Everyday People, Politicians, and Activists Waged the War on Poverty” details how after President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) in 1964, everyday people, politicians, and organizers worked together to transform the US, creating programs and institutions that brought the War on Poverty to life in African American and Mexican Americans communities across the country.
