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1. www.ushistory.org › documents › great_societyLyndon Johnson's "Great Society" speech - US History

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   Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" speech. May 22, 1964. President Hatcher, Governor Romney, Senators McNamara and Hart, Congressmen Meader and Staebler, and other members of the fine Michigan delegation, members of the graduating class, my fellow Americans: It is a great pleasure to be here today.

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   Feb 22, 2020 · The Great Society, the largest expansion of the welfare state since the New Deal, was the idea of President Lyndon Johnson. The primary goals of the Great Society were to eliminate racial inequality and bring an end to poverty.

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   Jan 6, 2015 · Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society speech marks a key moment in U.S. history: it called on government and citizens to create a more equal and humane society in ways that still guide our...

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   Lyndon B. Johnson “Great Society” Speech (excerpt) May 22, 1964 (approx 6.7 minutes) . citizens is to pursue the happiness of our people. Our success in t. ury we labored to settle and to subdue a continent. For half a century we called upon unbounded invention and untiring industry .

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   Audio clip and full text transcript of Lyndon B. Johnson's The Great Society speech, delivered at Ann Arbor, Michigan - May 22, 1964.

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   In a speech at the University of Michigan in May 1964, Lyndon Johnson laid out a sweeping vision for a package of domestic reforms known as the Great Society.

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   Why did Lyndon Johnson create the Great Society?

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   What were President Johnson's goals for the Great Society?

   • Figure 1. In a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on May 22, 1964 (a), President Johnson announced some of his goals for the Great Society. These included rebuilding cities, preserving the natural environment, and improving education.

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   When was Johnson's first public articulation of the Great Society?

   • Johnson’s first public articulation of the Great Society took place in Ohio on May 7, 1964, at Ohio University. There he presented an outline of the plan and its objectives. He delivered a more detailed speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on May 22, 1964.

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   What did Johnson say about the Great Society?

   • “The Great Society,” Johnson declared, “…demands an end to poverty and racial injustice,” but it also had to be “a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and enlarge his talent…where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community.”

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   May 20, 2024 · When President Lyndon B. Johnson stood before the Class of 1964 at Michigan Stadium, it was the first time a sitting president had stepped foot on the U-M campus. His speech would be one of the most significant in Johnson’s presidency.