LBJ : The Architect Of The Great Society

Lyndon Baines Johnson would have been 100 on 27 August 2008. Here is his legacy, not just as a legislator, but as an executive who understood Congress, having risen from that body to the White House.

While Senator from Texas:

• 1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957 (LBJ was Democratic Senate Leader)
• 1958: National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (chaired Senat Special Committee on Space and Astronautics)

1963

• Clean Air Act, signed 17 December
• Foreign Assistance Act, signed 16 December
• Higher Education Facilities Act, signed 16 December
• Vocational Education Act of 1963, signed 18 December

1964

• Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed 2 July
• Economic Opportunity Act, signed 20 August
• Food Stamp Act of 1964, signed 31 August
• Nurse Training Act, signed 4 September
• Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, signed 9 July
• Water Resources Research Act, signed 17 July 1964
• Wilderness Act, signed 3 September

1965

• The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
• Higher Education Act, signed 8 November
• Immigration and Nationality Services Act, signed 3 October
• Social Security Amendments of 1965 (includes Medicare), signed 30 July
• Voting Rights Act, signed 6 August ; 15 March speech to Congress

1967

• Age Discrimination in Employment Act, signed 16 December
• Air Quality Act, signed 21 November
• Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, signed 16 December

1968

• Bilingual Education Act
• Civil Rights Act, signed 11 April
• Fair housing
• Higher Education Act Amendments of 1968, signed 16 October
• Vocational Education Act Amendments of 1968, signed 16 October