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President John F. Kennedy’s Speech to Congress on Public Welfare Programs,
February 1, 1962
George C. Wallace’s First Inaugural Address as Governor of Alabama,
January 14, 1963
President Lyndon Johnson’s State of the Union Address, January 8, 1964
The Council of Economic Advisers Economic Report of 1964, January 20, 1964
Poll Tax Amendment, February 4, 1964
President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Speech at Ann Arbor, Michigan,
May 22, 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964, July 2, 1964
President Lyndon Johnson’s Remarks Following the Signing of the Economic
Opportunity Act, August 20, 1964
The Negro Family: The Case for National Action (Also Known as The Moynihan
Report), 1965
“Message from the President of the United States Transmitting Advancing the
Nation’s Health,” by President Lyndon B. Johnson, January 7, 1965
Transcript of Letter from President Lyndon Johnson to the President of the Senate
and to the Speaker of the House Concerning Stepping Up the War on Poverty,
February 17, 1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Special Message to the Congress: “The American
Promise,” March 15, 1965
President Lyndon Johnson’s Commencement Address at Howard University:
“To Fulfill These Rights,” June 4, 1965
Voting Rights Act of 1965, August 6, 1965
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, October 3, 1965
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner
Commission), February 1968
Economists’ Statement on Guaranteed Annual Income, May 27, 1968
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