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>> this administration declares unconditional war on poverty in america. >> it's on the one hand incredibly bold to declare war on anything. let alone poverty. which is a complicated, intractable kind of a problem that more importantly social scientists in 1964 don't really understand all that well. >> our chief weapons in a more pinpointed attack will be better served and better held and better homes and better training and better job opportunities. all of these increased opportunities must be open to americans of every color. as far as the writ of federal law will run, we must abolish, not s...

Candella, the director of lbj, triumph and tragedy the series. and you hear president johnson saying we must abolish all racial discrimination. why was it important for him to take up civil rights as soon as becoming president. >> i think that lbj looked at civil rights and poverty as moral issues and i know it surprised a lot of people that early on in his legislative record he was not a strong supporter of it. that changed in 1957. and it is really remarkable if you look at what he did in passing the '64 civil rights bill, he had not been elected president. you could try to imagine in modern...