His Great Society. and the programs to achieve it. were based on a respect for individualism and personal achievement. To attempt to list even his major accomplishments in a brief manner is a certain injustice. but Lyndon Johnson is perhaps best known for such landmark programs as the war on poverty. the 1964 Civil Rights Act which covered public accommodations. hiring practices. and voting rights. the medicare program for our older citizens. and our most important education bills such as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which was the first general school assistance law in U.S. history. Among other portions of his legislative program was the bill creating the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1965. the Immigration Act of 1965 which eliminated the national origins quota system. the Wholesome Meat Act of 1967. the Truth in Lending Act of 1968. the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1964. the Wilderness Act of 1964. the 1968 Civil Rights Act which prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing. and the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966. This is a legacy of governmental achievement which would be exceedingly difficult to emulate. It was incongruous. to say the least. that this man who so believed in human worth should have become involved in a war so little understood by his countrymen.
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