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Civil rights attorney and founder of the center for inclusion, julian zelizer, history of public affairs and valerie core from auburn seminary. nina, always lovely to have you. ? thank you, professor. it does feel to me these days we re trying to strip away some of the accomplishments that were bought with the blood sacrifices i was talking about p what happened do you say ta to that in ohio? i think reverend dr. otis mau summed it up saying the strug sl forever with us so we are forever in the struggle. that is what s going on not just the state of ohio but across this country. there is a lack of consciousness that the president spoke about it is gone. these acts are being conducted by republicans who control statehouses across this country to regress us as a nation. and everybody, as president johnson said, all of us bear the burden of making sure that that ....
0 power was the beginning of something big because as president, lyndon johnson would go on to implement a policy agenda of social reform that he called the great society. and it would become the most sweeping transformation of american domestic policy since president franklin roosevelt s new deal. johnson laid out his vision of a great society in a 1964 commencement speech at the university of michigan. the great society rests on abundance and liberty for all. it demands an end to poverty and racial injustice to which we are totally committed in our time. during his time in office, president johnson engineered a policy plan that targeted the eradication of poverty, the advancement of racial equality, the restoration of american cities, the expansion of health care and the preservation of the environment. johnson s legislative agenda helped to revolutionize the role of the federal government and in working on a new book about lbj. and raul reyes, nbc latino contributor and columnis ....