Labor Has A Word On Labor Day – George Meany – 1967
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Tag: War on Poverty
Youth Culture In Protest – 1970 – Past Daily Reference Room
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January 12, 1969 – The Lyndon Johnson Years – LBJ And America In The 60’s – Past Daily Reference Room
– NBC Radio – Second Sunday: The Johnson Years – January 12, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January in 1969 signified the end of one era and the beginning of another. Lyndon Johnson, declining to run for a second term, had paved the way for Richard Nixon to
March 22, 1964 – Trench Life During The War On Poverty – Sargent Shriver
This day in 1964 (a Sunday), Meet The Press had Sargent Shriver on as guest. As former head of The Peace Corps, he was tagged by President Johnson to head up the newly declared War On Poverty. The War On Poverty, as LBJ unofficially termed it, was first introduced in
LBJ Announces Disarmament Talks – January 21, 1964 – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Johnson announces Disarmament talks in Geneva – January 21, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In the midst of Cold War tensions moving out of center stage (it was an election year, after all), and a spirit of negotiations taking
Here Comes The Great Society – LBJ’s State Of The Union – January 8. 1964
Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Johnson – State of the Union Address – January 8, 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day fifty years ago, President Johnson declared War on Poverty in his first State of The Union Address – January 8, 1964. Debated
State Of The Union – 1965 – Lyndon Johnson – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link here for Audio Player: LBJ – State of The Union – 1965 This is the second State of The Union Address by President Lyndon Johnson, delivered on January 4, 1965. His address for 1964 laid the groundwork for the sweeping changes he was proposing by declaring