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, …

Dec 29, 2025 · The Great Society was a political slogan used by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to identify his legislative program of national reform, which included social welfare legislation, federal …

Nov 17, 2017 · The Great Society was an ambitious series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs spearheaded by President Lyndon B. Johnson with the main goals of ending poverty, reducing crime,...

So I want to talk to you today about three places where we begin to build the Great Society - in our cities, in our countryside, and in our classrooms. Many of you will live to see the day, perhaps 50 …

In May of 1964, President Lyndon Johnson shared his idea for the “Great Society” in a speech to Michigan college graduates. He drew a contrast between the “turmoil” of Detroit and the “tranquility” …

Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Almost immediately, he laid out an ambitious agenda that he called his Great Society. This agenda would go …

The Great Society, introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s, was a sweeping set of domestic programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice while fostering a better quality of …

In May 1964, in a speech at the University of Michigan, Lyndon Johnson described in detail his vision of the Great Society he planned to create. When the Eighty-Ninth Congress convened the following …

Johnson brought to his presidency a vision of a Great Society in which everyone could share in the opportunities for a better life that the United States offered, and in which the words “liberty and …

The Great Society Programs were a series of domestic initiatives launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s, aimed at addressing a range of social, economic, educational, and …