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Friday, May 22, 2026

Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society

Click here for Heather Cox Richardson's Substack diary entry for May 22, 2026. On that date in 1964, Johnson gave a graduation speech at the University of Michigan, and spoke of how his administration would “enrich and elevate our national life.” That Great Society would demand an end to poverty and racial injustice.

Interesting reading. Its idealism is a far cry from the cynicism and corruption of the Trump administration. 

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