us on facebook. at c-span history. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our time warner cable partners to showcase the history of austin texas. to learn more about the cities on our 2014 tour, visit c-span.org/local content. we continue now with our look at the history of austin. this is american history tv on c-span 3. >> the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. >> i have a dream that one day --. >> and we shall overcome. [applause] ♪ come gather round people wherever you roam ♪ ♪ you better start swimming or

you'll sink like a stone oh, the times they are a changing ♪ >> here at the lbj library we are in our temporary exhibit gallery, which we are featuring the -- from the sixty's exhibit. within the exhibit itself as the title suggests we highlight 60 americans that had a great impact on the nation and are still relevant within the 21st century. some of these people are bob dylan, president lyndon johnson, barbara streisand. we have science. we have the apollo 11 crew, for being the first humans on the face of the moon. we highlight marshall nurnberg

who not only cracked the genetic code back in 1960's but he also won the nobel prize for his work. charles schultz is probably one of my favorite parts of the exhibit. we were lucky enough to get two of his original sunday comics and a pair of his skates that illustrate that he was a life long amateur hockey fan. and that's something that we try to do within the exhibit is to find one object or one document that speaks to the accomplishment of each person. the importance of an exhibit like this is to show how americans 50 years ago completed work that is still relevant in the 21st century. for example in the early 1960's

at&t launched the first communication satellite, which was the recursor to the electronic age that we are experiencing now. satellite communications, cell phone reception worldwide television reception, and internet service. one of the people we are highlighting is ralph behr who was the inventor of the world's first video game, which began the video game revolution, which we have now. his prototype that was developed in the 1960's was eventually purchased by magnavox that they turned into the magnavox odyssey, which became the first commercially produced video game. the magnavox odyssey was the precursor to pong and pac man and all of the video games that are on the market today.

one of the many authors we have in the exhibit is a first edition copy of rachel carson's "silent spring" that was published in the early 1960's. this book brought national attention to the plight and problems caused by the pesticide d.d.t., which in turn, kicked off the modern environmental movement, which mrs. johnson, during her time in the white house and afterwards, had championed this movement when she promoted programs like highway beautification. she started the lady bird johnson wildfire center here in austin. and other environmental type programs. >> ladies and gentlemen, the beatles! [screaming] ♪ oh, yeah i tell you something i think you'll

understand when i say that something i want to hold your hand ♪ >> music was a very large part of the 1960's. a lot of 1960's music is still being played on modern radio. in a partnership with the grammy museum, we have developed a sound track for the decade that we highlight within the exhibit. the grammy museum put together a panel of musical experts to come up with the most influential songs of the 1960's , and the l.b.j. library then posted those songs on our website and allowed the public to vote on which were the most popular songs. bob dylan, "blowing in the wind" is occupying the

>> the answer is blowing in the wind. >> with our program, we hope to give people a greater understanding of american history. through our temporary exhibit program, we are looking to give a different perspective on, not only the decade of the 1960's, but the entire scope of american history. >> throughout the weekend american history tv features austin, texas. learn about other stops on cs pan.org/localcontent. you are watching american history tv. senate leadership