War on Poverty
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The book includes a 2014 address about Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, that assortment of programs begun in the mid-1960s—Head Start, Medicaid, expanded food stamps and many others.
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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