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The Power to Shape the Civilization That We Want

The Power to Shape the Civilization That We Want

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May 22, 2026

In a graduation speech at the University of Michigan in 1964,
President Lyndon Johnson laid out his vision for “the Great
Society,” It was a forward looking vision of a country that used
its post-World War II prosperity to look toward greater things,
and to advance civil rights and end poverty, Congress would pass
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act of
1964, and the Food Stamp Act, Democrats were able to pass 84 new
laws to put the Great Society into place, Congress took on voting
rights, access to education, health insurance, and the rights of
consumers, It enacted laws protecting the environment and
supporting the arts, In his speech at the University of Michigan,
Johnson charged the graduates to lead America toward a new age,
reminding them that Americans have the power to shape the
civilization that we want.

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