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Lyndon B. Johnson! Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in Nov. 22, 1963, 2 hours after Kennedy’s assassination aboard Air Force One… The first present to ever be sworn in there.

The War On Poverty Making poverty a national concern set in motion a series of bills and acts, creating programs such as Head Start, food stamps, work study, Medicare and Medicaid, which still exist today. The programs initiated under Johnson brought about real results, reducing rates of poverty and improved living standards for America's poor. LBJ declared unconditional war on poverty Jan. 9, 1964.

And it's working! IT’S A WAR ON POVERTY!

1964 Civil Rights Act The 1964 Civil Rights Act made racial discrimination in public places, such as theaters, restaurants and hotels, illegal. It also required employers to provide equal employment opportunities. Projects involving federal funds could now be cut off if there was evidence of discriminated based on color, race or national origin. It also attempted to deal with the African-American voting rights. LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964

Oh sure, Give LBJ all the credit... Not like we ever did anything...

The Great Society of Lyndon B. The Great Society was a series of domestic initiatives announced in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson at Ann Arbor, Michigan. A main focus of these social reforms to "end to poverty and racial injustice" was the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The efforts also helped establish the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Other programs included: VISTA, Job Corps, Upward Bound, Neighborhood Youth Corps, Head Start, and an unconditional war on poverty! LBJ calls for reforms to make his Great Society on Jan. 4, 1965

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Medicare Act MEDICARE begins tomorrow. Tomorrow, for the first time, nearly every older American will receive hospital care-not as an act of charity, but as the insured right of a senior citizen. Since I signed the historic Medicare act last summer, we have made more extensive preparation to launch this program than for any other peaceful undertaking in our Nation's history. -LBJ Lyndon B. signed the Medicare act into law July 3, 1965

Medicare!...!...what, no applause in 2004?

Vietnam LBJ calls for funding to escalate the war in Vietnam… A record $112.9 billion for fiscal 1967. He does this on Jan. 24, 1966

Miranda Vs. Arizona On June 13, 1966, The Supreme court determined that criminal suspects cannot be arrested without being advised of their constitutional rights and responsibilities.  Before any questioning, police must warn suspects that they have a right to remain silent.  Any statements they do make can be used as evidence against them.  They have the right to have an attorney present and if they can't afford an attorney one will be appointed without charge.  Those are called the Miranda Rights.

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Presidential Succession 25th Amendment Presidential Succession 1. Vice-President 2. Speaker of the House 3. President Pro Tempore of the Senate 4. Secretary of State 5. Secretary of the Treasury 6. Secretary of Defense 7. Attorney General 8. Secretary of the Interior 9. Secretary of Agriculture 10. Secretary of Commerce 11. Secretary of Labor 12. Secretary of Health and Human Services 13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 14. Secretary of Transportation 15. Secretary of Energy 16. Secretary of Education So basically, if we want any attention paid to education, we need to hire somebody who doesn’t mind doing away with a considerable number of people. The 25th amendment was signed into law on Feb. 10, 1967

On June 13, 1967, LBJ appointed Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Justice Tom Clark of Texas. He was the first black to serve on the Court and was, in most reports, an almost larger-than-life figure there. He stepped down from the Court in July 1991 due to failing health and died of heart failure on January 24, 1993 at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland.

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life was ended by an assassin's s bullet while he was on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Robert Francis Kennedy was slain on June 5, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California shortly after claiming victory in that state's crucial Democratic primary. He was 42 years old.

decides not to run for a second term. Lyndon B, a broken man from the Vietnam War decides not to run for a second term.

And so we said goodbye to LBJ. We remember him as honest, and willing to try For bringing down poverty And for just being a good guy. Lyndon Baines Johnson died of a heart attack in San Antonio, Texas, on January 22nd, 1973.