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2 days ago · In April 1964, Johnson proposed the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which would create the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to oversee local Community Action Agencies (CAA) charged with dispensing aid to those in poverty. "Through a new Community Action program, we intend to strike at poverty at its source – in the streets of our cities ...
May 21, 2024 · In January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty. It launched a comprehensive child development program that would help communities meet the needs of disadvantaged preschool children.
4 days ago · The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson by Ernest May and Timothy Naftali
1 day ago · In March 1964, Johnson sent to Congress the Economic Opportunity Act, which created the Job Corps and the Community Action Program, designed to attack poverty locally. The act also created VISTA , a domestic counterpart to the Peace Corps.
2 days ago · Sixty years ago, as President Lyndon B. Johnson spoke to college students at Ohio University and the University of Michigan in May 1964, he spoke publicly for the first time about the idea of a “Great Society” — and told students that young people could be its builders. When he spoke at Ohio University, he noted that America was ...
May 20, 2024 · Robert Woodson and Michael Lind talked about President Lyndon Johnson’s goal of promoting equality and ending poverty with the Civil Rights Act and the Economic Opportunity Act.
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May 15, 2024 · Economic Opportunity Act (EOA) In January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the War on Poverty, a collection of democratic ideals that ultimately laid the foundation for the Administration for Native Americans (ANA).
