Great Society

The Great Society was an initiative involving a series of domestic programs enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the United States between 1964 and 1968, aimed at eliminating poverty, reducing racial injustice, and expanding social welfare in the country. Johnson first used the phrase on May 7, 1964 in a speech delivered at Ohio University, with presidential assistant Richard N. Goodwin credited with introducing the term. The Great Society sought to build on the legacy of former president F