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American Experience | LBJ on the Economy: War on Poverty | PBS

Duration: 02:07
Program: American Experience #2400
Broadcast Date: Nov. 1, 2011

President Johnson took on the economy by waging a "war on poverty." "His vision was of helping the disadvantaged to help themselves," Robert Dallek says.

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Post Date: November 1, 2011