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Lyndon B. Johnson Born: October 11, 1877 Died: January 22, 1937 Social Reform: The Great Society

When Johnson was young he was ambitious and traveled the country getting small jobs to pay for college. He dropped out of school for a year to be principal and death 5th, 6th, and 7th grades at a Mexican-American school. He was devoted to social equality for all races and all people all of his life. After he was elected president, he started his Great Society program. This program called for heavy social change and somewhat continued the social reform policy of FDR. Right off the bat after entering office he passed the Civil Rights Bill which banned segregation based on race and gender in employment. It also ended segregation in schools. This was a huge bill in creating social equality for all people. He also fought to create other plans to help poverty stricken people for instance the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 which established a job corps and attacked the roots of poverty. Another program called Head Start was put in place to help disadvantaged students was created. Johnson fought a war on poverty throughout his entire presidency and after. He was a strong advocate of American rights and social equality and fought to help others.

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