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The Great Society was an initiative involving a series of domestic programs enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the United States between 1964 and 1968, aimed at eliminating poverty, reducing ra
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964
President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The August 1964 signing of the Poverty Bill
President Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson was vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 196
Great Society
…The Great Society was an initiative involving a series of domestic programs enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the United States between 1964 and 1968, aimed at eliminating poverty, reducing racial injustice, and expanding social welfare in the country. Johnson…
Official portrait, 1964
Johnson at age 7, wearing his trademark cowboy hat, at his childhood farmhouse near Stonewall, Texas, in 1915
Johnson as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserve in March 1942
Johnson's United States Senate portrait in the 1950s