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Read about President Lyndon Johnson's vision for the Great Society. See how the programs instituted were focused on lifting the poor from poverty, especially African Americans. Included were laws to increase civil rights and voting participation. Find statistics on how successful the Great Society legislation was in accomplishing Johnson's goals.
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civil rights laws, equal educational opportunities, equal job opportunities, civil rights act of 1964, department of housing and urban development, economic opportunity act, fair housing act, great society legislation, job corps, lyndon baines johnson administration, medicaid act of 1968, voting rights act of 1965, war on poverty
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