War on Poverty

Cultural

A set of government programs, designed to help poor Americans, begun by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The War on Poverty included measures for job training and improvement of housing.

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From the War on Poverty to ‘quiet quitting,’ we’ve stopped appreciating the value of honest labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

And after Kennedy was assassinated, Shriver was tapped to head up President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty program.

From Scientific American • Oct. 26, 2023

Yet once upon a time, the same man who is admired today for his War on Poverty was derided by many of those same activists for seemingly abusing his pet beagles.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, President Lyndon Johnson’s advisers tried to work the program into the War on Poverty.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Uncle Pete had disagreed, making his usual case for integration and support for President Johnson’s War on Poverty.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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