What Were LBJ's 'Great Society' Programs? | History

What did President Lyndon B. Johnson envision with his suite of domestic programs known as the Great Society? What did the programs entail, and what became of them after the 1960s?
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[northstar]

wish i could watch history channel without thinking about ancient aliens and wondering about the actual history they're presenting

[tsolmon]

I keep thinking LEbron when she say LBJ

[jookbj]

1:20 Ummm what did she say, "many of these programs were successful". They are still around but they're haven't helped decrease poverty in the areas they were implemented especially in the urban areas.

[milhouse]

Sounds like a Libertarian's worst nightmare. 😂

[timothyjones-egll]

The greatest society will treat the people at the bottom with the same respect as the people at the top!

[rachaelkoontz]

Interesting they did this when the black community was rising so fast and doing so well. They were the fastest growing community. Then this happened and things went backward

[apocrypha]

This video:
Coronavirus : hold my beer

[terriehiggins]

I noticed that this narrator omitted the part that the democratic party made it more lucrative for black women to not have a man in the house. Black women choose the check over having a nuclear family. Did I mess something?

[abcdefghijklmno]

Trillions of dollars are spent every year on these programs. End result is a marginal change in the poverty numbers. Now imagine all that money remaining in the hands of the working people instead of going into government waste.

[thembanitheone]

This was arguably one of the defining great campaigns of the Democratic party platform.

[blackconservativeogee]

TOOK THE BLACK FATHER OUT OF THE BLACK HOMES

[juandelgadillo]

and income inequality gap between races only widened. thanks lbj!

[sixthsith]

The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals' expansion of the welfare state. -Thomas Sowell

[coachsam]

You forgot to mention that he removed the black fathers from the house old by providing a check for each child that was born

[theSkyGuardian]

"In 1964 LBJ won the presidency..."
Let me stop you right there

[larrywheeler]

The most likely suspects were ruled out. Why? They had control of the investigation. Did they consider a staged crime scene? Did they look at the connections the suspect had to Kennedy's enemies? Did they look at who had the most motive and stood to gain the most? Did they look at the real enemies of JFK who accused him of treason? When the crime scene is all laid out At the scene - the rifle, the shells easily connected to the suspect- any investigation must consider a staged crime scene. The most important clue as to who was responsible is the suspects profile itself. Kennedy was considered soft on Castro and called a communist appeaser. Why would Castro or a pro Castro -ite remove jfk for a corrupt Texan connected to Kennedy's enemies?

[LadyLuck]

no mention of the kennedy legacy?? poor show

[thomaspaine]

LBJ, the guy who said I'll be getting blacks to vote democrat for the next 200 years. Unfortunately it seems like he was right.

[apocrypha]

Shrek is my favorite civil rights leader

[yegfreethinker]

Why are so many people simping for the rich 1% in here seriously if you're part of the 99% like me then you should be wanting to tax the rich but then again I'm a Canadian so what do I know (sarcastic tone)