Johnson outlines ‘Great Society’ plan in State of the Union address 50 years ago this hour (Jan 4 1965)


Video: 'President Johnson's 1965 State of the Union Address, 1/4/1965.'

(Monday, January 4, 1965, 9:00 p.m. EST) — In his second State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson tonight outlined a sweeping program for improved education and for moving the nation “toward the Great Society.”


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