Great Society
-Lyndon Johnson convinces congress to pass Kennedy's Civil Rights Bill
-allowed govt to cut off funding to any program that practiced segregation and discrimination
-attempt at trying to raise the standard of living in America
-created VISTA to battle poverty
-The Voting Rights Act:
-outlawed literacy tests needed in order to register to vote (most black couldn't write the test or vote)
-allowed govt to cut off funding to any program that practiced segregation and discrimination
-attempt at trying to raise the standard of living in America
-created VISTA to battle poverty
-The Voting Rights Act:
-outlawed literacy tests needed in order to register to vote (most black couldn't write the test or vote)
Martin Luther King follows Gandhi’s pacifism policy while many other groups considers this act to be weak.