USH: New Frontier & Great Society Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:20:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Lecture – Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society: Triumph & Tragedy https://daniellazar.com/2020/05/11/lecture-lyndon-johnsons-great-society-triumph-tragedy/ Mon, 11 May 2020 08:40:06 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5928 Lecture Outline: Election of 1964 War on Poverty Education Urban Renewal Health Care Civil Rights Enjoy!

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]]> Fresh Air Interview: Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos https://daniellazar.com/2015/08/05/dont-sanitize-how-our-government-created-ghettos/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 11:22:13 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5340 “We have a myth today that the ghettos in metropolitan areas around the country are what the Supreme Court calls ‘de-facto’ — just the accident of the fact that people have not enough income to move into middle class neighborhoods or because real estate agents steered black and white families to different neighborhoods or because … Continue reading Fresh Air Interview: Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos →

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]]> Audio Clip: What LBJ Really Said About Selma https://daniellazar.com/2015/08/05/audio-clip-what-lbj-really-said-about-selma/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 09:11:40 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5313 While he publicly condemned the attack, Johnson was also calling allies and advisors, searching for a political salve to the situation. “They’re going to have another march tomorrow, and, as we see it, it’s going to go from bad to worse,” he warned.

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]]> How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America https://daniellazar.com/2015/05/12/how-jfk-made-nasa-his-secret-weapon-in-the-fight-for-civil-rights-in-america/ Tue, 12 May 2015 06:46:36 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5247 Most Americans know the name of the first black player in professional baseball — Jackie Robinson. But how about the first black professional in the US space program?  That was Julius Montgomery. He was part of a small cadre of African American mathematicians, engineers and technicians who helped power the space race — at a … Continue reading How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America →

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]]> The Most Diverse Cities Are Often The Most Segregated https://daniellazar.com/2015/05/12/the-most-diverse-cities-are-often-the-most-segregated/ Tue, 12 May 2015 05:03:42 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5224 Nate Silver at 538 walks us through America’s most/least diverse and segregated cities. Data Power!

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]]> The Great Society at 50 https://daniellazar.com/2014/07/29/the-great-society-at-50/ Tue, 29 Jul 2014 07:39:28 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5038 Karen Tumulty at WaPo offers this four part critical reflection on the Great Society Part 1: The Great Society at 50 Part 2: The legacy — and limits — of the Great Society in Prince George’s County, Md. Part 3: Job Corps is very popular. But does it work? Part 4: Lyndon Johnson’s lasting impact on the arts

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]]> LBJ Orders Some New Haggar Pants https://daniellazar.com/2014/03/16/lbj-orders-some-new-haggar-pants/ Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:49:20 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4882 President Johnson called the Haggar clothing company to order some new pants, providing specific (and sometimes graphic) instructions on how they should be customized for him.

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]]> Minimum Wage Was Once Enough To Keep a Family of 3 Out of Poverty https://daniellazar.com/2014/01/04/minimum-wage-was-once-enough-to-keep-a-family-of-3-out-of-poverty/ Sat, 04 Jan 2014 11:05:30 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4792 Since the 1980s, the federal minimum wage has kept pace with neither inflation, nor the rise of the average worker’s paycheck. That means that while a federal minimum wage in 1968 could have lifted a family of three above the poverty line, now it can’t even do that for a parent with one child, working full-time, … Continue reading Minimum Wage Was Once Enough To Keep a Family of 3 Out of Poverty →

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]]> Conspiracy theories about JFK’s assassination don’t stand up to scrutin https://daniellazar.com/2013/11/23/conspiracy-theories-about-jfks-assassination-dont-stand-up-to-scrutin/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 20:57:13 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4778 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 59 percent of Americans still believe it was the work of a conspiracy. I was once among them… Then, one day, I looked up the footnotes in those books, most of them leading me to the multivolume hearings of the Warren Commission. I was shocked. … Continue reading Conspiracy theories about JFK’s assassination don’t stand up to scrutin →

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]]> Kennedycare https://daniellazar.com/2013/11/23/kennedycare/ Sat, 23 Nov 2013 20:54:55 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4776 In the spring of 1962, President John F. Kennedy launched a bold effort to provide health care for the aged—later to be known as Medicare. It culminated in a nationally televised presidential address from Madison Square Garden, carried on the three television networks. It was a flop. The legislation foundered amid charges that it was … Continue reading Kennedycare →

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