On Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, in his State of the Union address, declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America.” “Poverty is a national problem, requiring improved ...
The phrase "affirmative action" and much of the executive order Trump is repealing, itself built on one signed by Johnson's ...
Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...
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President Lyndon B ... knew when we would work or play." Johnson's staff worked on the genesis of the Great Society here and coined the phrase "War on Poverty." They agonized over the military ...
Horizons Student Support Services is a federally funded program and part of numerous TRIO programs across the country which contribute to the mission of President Lyndon B. Johnson's legislative War ...
Key fact There is ongoing debate about how successful Johnson’s ‘war on poverty’ was. The proportion of people living in poverty in America was reduced from around 17 per cent in 1964 to 11 ...