Five decades after Lyndon Johnson first unveiled his lofty vision of a Great Society, politicians and pundits are still arguing about what he accomplished, and what he didn’t. This final installment will look at the legacy of LBJ's Great Society through the lens on one of its most enduring and popular programs — Head Start. Today, the Head Start program is alive and well, and so deeply woven into the fabric of American life that few know of its roots in the Great Society, or of the conflict and controversy that plagued many of its early programs.
Features Alice O’Connor, Professor of History and Director of the Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy at the University of California Santa Barbara, and commentary from historians Rhonda Y. Williams, Josh Zeitz, and Julian Zelizer. Learn more at LBJsGreatSociety.org.
S3 Ep 7 - Tangled Web
S3 Ep 6 - Off the Rails
S3 Ep 5 - Beginning of the End
S3 Ep 4 - Searchlight on the Lawn
S3 Ep 3 - Sideshow
S3 Ep 2 - Madame Chennault
S3 Ep 1 - October Surprise
Trailer - Welcome to Nixon at War
S2 Ep 7 - Post Script
S2 Ep 5 - Give Us the Ballot
S2 Ep 4 - Medicine Man
S2 Ep 3 - The Bully Pulpit
S2 Ep 2 - Mr. Poverty
S2 Ep 1 - The Great Unveiling
Trailer - Welcome to LBJ and the Great Society
Epilog: “I Shall Not Seek…”
S1 Ep 6 LBJ's War - The Shock of Tet
S1 Ep 5 LBJ's War - The Preacher and the President
S1 Ep 4 LBJ's War - Parting the Curtains
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