Black History Month at the Cranbury Library

Cranbury resident Frank Marlowe gave a presentation on former president Lyndon Johnson's role in the civil rights movement as part of a Black History Month celebration at the on Sunday.  The event drew about 30 people who came out to hear Marlowe describe Johnson's rise to power, the circumstances that led him to his civil rights role and the reasons why he has not been granted recognition along with Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall. The talk, sponsored by Friends of the Cranbury Library, lasted about two hours, with a lively discussion and raffle of Doris Kearn's book "Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream" at its conclusion.