President Johnson took on the economy by waging a "war on poverty." "His vision was of helping the disadvantaged to help themselves," Robert Dallek says.

When President Lyndon Johnson launched his War on Poverty in the 1960s, he pledged to eliminate poverty in America. But more than five decades, several welfare programs, and $25 trillion later ...

Roosevelt and the “New Frontier” of John F. Kennedy. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on ...

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Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...

A final important aspect of the War on Poverty is its place in the political competition between Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson which dominated Washington at the time. It was Johnson who ...

When John Gardner became the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, he was joining President Lyndon Johnson not just ... in which America ended poverty, promoted equality, improved education ...

More than half a century after his death, Lyndon Baines Johnson continues to exert profound influence on American life. This collection skillfully explores his seminal accomplishments—protecting civil ...

Fifty years ago, Lyndon Johnson spoke of war on poverty and pursuit of a great society. He talked about investing in education and employment and about eliminating social exclusion that comes with ...

Policy analysts say poverty rates in the U.S. are well below where they were when President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on ...