2014-08-17T07:51:53-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/90e/20140817080347001_hd.jpgRobert Woodson and Michael Lind talked about President Lyndon Johnson’s goal of ...

Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty. Though some are tempted to look back with nostalgia on that rallying cry and the resulting Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 — and even to treat it as ...

LBJ sought to use the presidency to abolish economic inequality. In March 1964, in a special message to Congress, he introduced the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Economic Opportunity Act.

On August 20, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Economic Opportunity Act. The bill approved $1 billion for social programs to combat poverty. It was central to President Johnson’s ...

“What the economic opportunity act was, was President Lynden Johnson’s war on poverty in this great society. To really help Americans advance economically and socially in this country ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Robert Woodson and Michael Lind talked about President Lyndon Johnson’s goal of promoting equality and ending poverty with the Civil Rights Act ...

LBJ sought to use the presidency to abolish economic inequality. In March 1964, in a special message to Congress, he introduced the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Economic Opportunity Act.