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1964. Location: United States. Major Events: Job Corps. Key People: Lyndon B. Johnson. Michael Harrington. War on Poverty, expansive social welfare legislation introduced in the 1960s by the administration of U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson and intended to help end poverty in the United States.
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Fifty years after LBJ declared a War on Poverty in America, LIFE presents a series of photos by John Dominis from eastern Kentucky in 1964.
Jan 8, 2024 · Original caption: 20th August 1964: President Lyndon B Johnson smiles as he holds up the ‘War on Poverty’ Bill after he signed it into law at the Rose Garden of the White House,...
Jan 8, 2014 · During his State of the Union Address delivered 50 years ago on January 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared "unconditional war on poverty in America." At the time, roughly 19 percent of Americans were living below the newly developed federal poverty line.
The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union Address on January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate of around nineteen percent.
The first volume of War on Poverty transcripts published in the Presidential Recordings Digital Edition ( PRDE) includes all of Johnson’s recorded conversations on the subject during the second half of 1964, and traces Johnson’s intense efforts to pass the economic opportunity bill.
