History, 20.12.2020 02:10 terrasami2330
Read the excerpt from a 1965 speech by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
To this end, equal opportunity is essential, but not enough, not enough. Men and women of all races are born with the same range of abilities. But ability is not just the product of birth. Ability is stretched or stunted by the family that you live with and the neighborhoods you live in, by the school you go to and the poverty or the richness of your surroundings. It is the product of a hundred unseen forces playing upon the little infant, the child, and finally the man. . . .
. . . Negroes are trapped, as many whites are trapped, in inherited, gateless poverty. They lack training and skills. They are shut in, in slums, without decent medical care. Private and public poverty combine to cripple their capacities.
We are trying to attack these evils through my poverty program, through our education program, through our medical care and our other health programs, and a dozen more of the Great Society programs that are aimed at the root causes of this poverty.
–Howard University commencement address,
Lyndon B. Johnson
What program was begun during Johnson’s presidency to fix the issues mentioned in this speech?
medical care for older people
social security for veterans
equal rights for both sexes
literacy tests for voting
Answers: 1
History, 21.06.2019 23:20
Arguments supporting and opposing the supreme court decision citizens united v. federal election commission identify two reasons why some supporters of the decision consider it a victory for free speech.
Answers: 1
History, 22.06.2019 03:00
True or false: after the bonus army demonstrated around the capitol and lobbied senators, the senate passed the bonus billwhat did fdr speak to the american people about in his first fireside chat? how did the new deal assist workers? select all that apply.a, by funding public works projects b. by mandating an eight-hour dayc, by guaranteeing an income raise for alld, by guaranteeing a higher stock market
Answers: 1
History, 22.06.2019 03:00
How did the magna carta affect the power of the english king? a) it closely linked the king's power to the power of the nobles. b) it weakened the king's power. c) it strengthened the king's power. d) it had no effect on the king's power.
Answers: 1
Read the excerpt from a 1965 speech by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
To this end, equal opportunity...
Mathematics, 14.04.2021 06:00
Social Studies, 14.04.2021 06:00
Social Studies, 14.04.2021 06:00
Computers and Technology, 14.04.2021 06:00
Mathematics, 14.04.2021 06:00
Mathematics, 14.04.2021 06:00
Mathematics, 14.04.2021 06:00
Health, 14.04.2021 06:00
Mathematics, 14.04.2021 06:00
Biology, 14.04.2021 06:00
Spanish, 14.04.2021 06:00
Mathematics, 14.04.2021 06:00
Computers and Technology, 14.04.2021 06:00