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1964 War on Poverty
1media/Lyndon Johnson Kentucky 1964_thumb.jpeg2022-08-01T20:09:48+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911President Lyndon B. Johnson declares the 'War on Poverty' and proposes the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, which lays the ground for projects through the Office of Economic Opportunity. In his State of the Union address on Jan. 8, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced his “war on poverty,” when the national poverty rate was 19 percent. His project created Medicare, Medicaid, a permanent food stamp program, Head Start, Volunteers in Service to America and the Job Corps.plain2022-08-01T20:09:48+00:001964Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49