Slogan used in 1965 by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson to identify his legislative program of national reform.
In his first State of the Union address, Johnson described his vision of a “Great Society” that would include a “war on poverty” and federal support for education, medical care for the elderly, and legal protection for African Americans deprived of voting rights by state regulations. He also proposed a new department of housing and urban development to coordinate federal housing projects. Congress enacted almost all his programs, the largest number of such measures since the New Deal. &Seealso; Civil Rights Act of 1964; Medicare and Medicaid.
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