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LBJ – Personal Background LBJ: The Great Society Economic Success Steady GNP growth Unparalleled advances in science & technology Unintended environmental problems LBJ – Personal Background

-- Jonas Salk, Inventor of the Polio Vaccine “Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” -- Jonas Salk, Inventor of the Polio Vaccine

Lyndon Baines Johnson

LBJ: The Great Society A flood of legislation Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) – “War on Poverty” Completion of JFK’s work: Tax cut, mass transit, wilderness preservation, Civil Rights Act of 1964* Working with the 89th Congress (‘65-’66): Medicare/Medicaid* Dept. of Housing & Urban Development* Clean air/water, Highway safety/beautification Higher Ed. Act, Truth-in-Lending Act 1965 Immigration Act* Voting Rights Act of 1965*

Signing Ceremony – Civil Rights Act of 1964 (7/2/64)

Signing Ceremony – Civil Rights Act of 1964 (7/2/64)

Selma March, “Bloody Sunday” - March 7, 1965

Selma March, 1965

Lyndon Johnson on the right to vote: ‘‘It is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men’’

Consequences of Non-Violent Mass Action Montgomery Birmingham & March on Wash. Selma Civil Rights Acts of 1957 & 1960 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965

LBJ: The Great Society Election of 1964 Space Race Supreme Court Goldwater conservatism “Landslide Lyndon” rings true Space Race Kennedy’s challenge = LBJ’s mission Supreme Court Protections for the accused Voting Rights Freedom of expression

Apollo Space Program – 1960s