Documents in Detail: LBJ's Great Society

ByJeremy Gypton

On May 16, 2019

In this final episode of the 2018-19 Documents in Detail year, we discuss President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” speech – its reception in 1964, and its legacy for American social policy and political thinking.

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