President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a utopian new vision for the United States under a vastly expanded federal government, which he dubbed the Great Society, on this day in history, Jan. 4, 1965. "We ...

President Lyndon Johnson speaking about the Great Society on the College Green of Ohio University in 1964. (Photo Provided) Sixty years ago, the first programs of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great ...

When Lyndon B. Johnson became president following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, he committed himself to pushing through an ambitious slate of anti-poverty and civil rights ...

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced plans for what he called "the Great Society," a sweeping set of programs that would represent the most ambitious and far-reaching expansion of the federal ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1853, Solomon Northrop regains his freedom following his kidnapping and being sold into slavery. He would later write a memoir, 12 Years a Slave, which would ...

How can government get rid of poverty? It’s a question that gets asked not in a society where almost everyone is poor but in one giddy with surging growth and concerned about those who seem left ...

- Second, carrying out hard-hitting, tough-minded reforms in existing programs. 2. All of you, I am sure, are convinced of the need of new ideas. I have been impressed with the imagination and vision ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson attending Commencement Exercises at the University of Michigan, May 22, 1964. LBJ Library photo by Cecil Stoughton. Johnson describes his domestic agenda and vision for a ...