Many of our current domestic disasters stem from a slate of legislation passed six decades ago: President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, which resulted in a disastrous centralization of power ...

Bill Moyers, a key member of Democratic President Lyndon Johnson's inner circle who went on to become a guiding force in ...

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson laid out a goal of making college more affordable to more Americans. It was part of his Great Society plan, and he signed legislation that set up low-interest ...

“From 1963, when Lyndon Johnson took office, until 1970, as the impact of his Great Society programs were felt, the portion of Americans living below the poverty line dropped from 22.2 percent ...

When Lyndon B. Johnson became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, ... “We will build a Great Society,” he told a gathering at Ohio University in Athens, ...

An archived copy of the Michigan Daily newspaper from 1964, documenting President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” speech. Screengrab taken from Michigan Daily Digital Archives October 1, 2024.

President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a utopian new vision for the United States under a vastly expanded federal government, which he dubbed the Great Society, on this day in history, Jan. 4, 1965.

Lesson Plan: President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society Initiatives Lesson Plan: Government Responses to Address Inequality Lesson Plan: The First 100 Days of a Presidential Term ...

The life and times of LBJ 07:39. It is an indelible image: aboard Air Force One, just hours after President John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as president ...

President Lyndon Johnson speaking about the Great Society on the College Green of Ohio University in 1964. (Photo Provided) They were part of a massive set of legislation that was designed to ...

Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan will return to Broadway with the second of his two exhilarating dramas celebrating Lyndon B. Johnson's legacy: THE GREAT SOCIETY ...

Bill Moyers, a former White House press secretary to Lyndon B. Johnson who became the thoughtful voice of public television, ...