Last week, my 11 year-old son, Cody, portrayed Lyndon Baines Johnson as part of his school’s “Wax Museum.” If you pushed the orange “button” on the wall, he would recite a 60-second speech filled with facts about the former president’s life.
Did you realize that it was fifty years ago today (on May 22, 1964) that LBJ first introduced the concept of the “Great Society” during his commencement speech to University of Michigan graduates? Central among the goals for the Great Society were the elimination of poverty and racial injustices. Ultimately, the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a cornerstone for LBJ’s “Great Society” reforms.
So, where are we 50 years later?
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