In this speech, Lyndon Johnson also discussed racial inequality, which was rampant in the 1960s and causing outcries from people who wanted drastic change.
The set of programs launched by President Lyndon B. Johnson to end poverty and <em>racial injustice</em> is known as Great Society. During his presidency new programs were launched for education, urban problems, poverty and transportation. The democrats who were against Vietnam war argued that the war spending had caused decline in the spending for many of the great society programs.