Great Society Speech Themes
Visions of America
Betcha saw this theme coming—after all, it's basically the presidents' job to come up with a vision of what they want for America. The Great Society speech was Johnson's chance to put it all out...
Society and Class
The Great Society speech came from a very personal place for Johnson. LBJ had grown up poor in the Texas Hill Country. He'd taught poor Mexican-American kids at a segregated school in south Texas....
Spirituality
Johnson didn't look (or act) like a Kumbaya kinda guy. Given by a foul-mouthed guy who could be a brutal wheeler-dealer, was an expert political manipulator, and took meetings while sitting on the...