by Joshua Zeitz
Baraka, Amiri, 240
Baxter, Bill, 135
Bell, Daniel, 155
Bell, David, 186, 255
Benedict, Ruth, 194
Berkeley, University of California at, 245–46, 247, 253
Bettelheim, Bruno, 257
Biemiller, Andy, 222
Bigart, Homer, 48
Birch Society, 102, 103, 252
Black, Hugo, 34
Black, Josephine, 34
Bloody Sunday, 189–90
Boas, Franz, 194
Bohen, Fred, 277
Bolsteri, Margaret Jones, 73
Boone, Richard, 49, 50, 80, 90
Boston Globe, 141
Bowles, Chester, 42–43
Bradley, Omar, 291
Breslin, Jimmy, 73
Brewster, Daniel, 96
Bridges, Ruby, 166
Brooks, Jack, xvi
Brown, Nona, 159
Brown, Pat, 236–37, 250, 252–54, 260
Buchwald, Art, 108
Bundy, McGeorge, 141, 153, 266, 274–75, 291
Busby, Horace “Buzz,” 2, 20–24, 26, 33, 58, 66–68, 87, 123, 131–32, 140, 141, 152, 157, 201, 204, 225, 265, 266, 291, 292, 302, 307, 318, 319
background of, 20–21
Great Society as envisioned by, 64–66, 68–70
JFK assassination and, xv–xvi, xviii
LBJ’s relationship with, 21–22, 268
Moyers and, 67, 268
newsletter of, 22–23
office of, 124, 125
poverty programs and, 52–53
and presidential campaign of 1964, 99, 100, 103–4, 106, 112–14
Reedy and, 129
resignation of, 268, 281–82
Watson and, 139
Busby, Mary, xv–xvi
Bush, George H. W., 199
Byrd, Harry F., 15, 16, 57
Byrd, Robert, 72, 295
Califano, Joe, 2, 7, 60, 121–23, 133, 137, 139, 140, 142, 152, 153, 191, 216, 217, 219–22, 224–26, 230, 242, 266, 268, 270, 271, 277–81, 295, 297, 298, 306, 316, 317, 319
background of, 121
desegregation and, 168–70, 173, 175, 178–80, 182
Humphrey and, 302
McClellan and, 280
McPherson and, 281
Moyers and, 121
planning and budgeting system and, 277–78
staff of, 277
Transportation Department and, 279–80
Valenti and, 121–22
Watts riots and, 236–37
Calley, William L., 212–13
capitalism, 2, 42, 44, 66, 314, 315, 316
Caputo, Philip, 213
Cardozo, Benjamin, 269
Carey, Hugh, 221
Carson, Johnny, 286–87
Carter, Cliff, xvi, xviii
Carter, Hodding, III, 262
Carter, Jimmy, 317, 319
Cater, Douglass, 60, 61, 69, 136–40, 142, 146, 152–54, 157, 184, 217, 221, 223, 225, 266, 278, 284, 298, 316, 318–19
background of, 136
desegregation and, 168–75, 177, 178, 180, 182
resignation of, 302
Catholics, 76, 98, 100, 193
schools and, 145–49, 295
Caudill, Harry, 48
Cavanagh, Jerome, 237
Cayton, Horace, 257
Celebrezze, Anthony, 159
Celler, Emanuel, 191, 196
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 108, 136
Chambers, Julius, 165
Chaney, James, 110
Chennault, Anna Chan, 303–4
Chiang Kai-shek, 303
Chicago, Ill., 83, 86, 98, 150, 176–79, 198, 237, 239, 243–44
Chicago Defender, 165
Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), 262–63
Children’s Television Workshop (CTW), 203–4
Choice, 115
Christian, George, 282, 305, 306, 307
Christian Science Monitor, 108
Christopher, Warren, 281
Church, Frank, 45
cities, 54, 197, 303
crime in, see crime
ghettos in, 48, 50, 55, 97, 237–42, 254, 258, 259, 278, 284
Model Cities program, 198, 279, 302
riots in, see riots
rodent control in, 278–79
urban renewal, 5, 68
see also housing
Civilian Conservation Corps, 83, 88
civil liberties, 44
civil rights, 44, 45, 53, 57, 66, 68, 101, 109, 136, 192, 197, 224, 229, 302, 303, 314–16
backlash against, 54, 94, 97–98, 242
campus activism and, 245–47
clergymen and, 72–73
Democratic Party and, 5, 176
Goldwater and, 114–16
housing and, 97–98, 176, 237–40, 242–43, 253–54, 258, 284
LBJ and, xviii, 1, 13–16, 70–73, 75, 99, 109, 164, 185, 254, 282, 311
LBJ’s Gettysburg Cemetery speech and, 23
LBJ’s Howard University speech and, 258–59
Moynihan Report and, 256–61
Nixon and, 310, 311
poverty programs and, 54, 242
segregation and, 80, 103; see also desegregation
in South, 12, 14, 15, 72–75, 164–66, 168, 169, 172, 174–76, 180–83, 242, 310
voting rights, see voting rights
Civil Rights Act (1957), 13–14, 70, 71
Civil Rights Act (1964), 70–75, 94, 95, 98, 111, 113, 127, 147, 164, 183, 188, 190, 191, 195, 243, 295, 311, 320
Goldwater and, 100, 103
Kennedy and, 11, 14, 62, 71
LBJ’s push for passage of, 1, 11, 14–16, 70–73, 75
Title VI of, 75, 161, 167–70, 172–73, 179–82
Civil Rights Act (1966), 242–43
Clark, Jim, 189
Clark, Kenneth, 257, 260
Clean Water Restoration Act, 202
Clifford, Clark, 20, 30, 32–33, 104, 116, 186, 220, 269, 290–91, 295
background of, 32–33
LBJ’s relationship with, 33, 269–72
Cloward, Richard, 50
Coast Guard, 280
Cohen, Wilbur, 51, 80, 148, 157, 158, 160, 162, 178, 182–83, 223
Cohn, Roy, 134
Coleman, James, 261
Colmer, William, 244
colleges and universities, xviii, 4, 63, 198–200, 245–48
in loco parentis rules at, 246–47
student movement, 245–46, 247, 299
Vietnam War and, 247–48
Commentary, 255
communism, 13, 34–35, 44, 103, 122, 134, 193, 209–11, 221, 229
community action programs (CAPs), 50–52, 55, 81–93, 262–63, 308
Congress, U.S., 1, 6, 12, 14, 93, 107, 219, 224, 254, 297, 308
education and, 146–51, 154
eighty-ninth, 184–205
Head Start and, 93
health care and, 155
JFK’s meetings with members of, 186–87
LBJ in, xviii, 2, 13–14, 17, 39, 70, 71, 99, 103, 117, 164
LBJ’s staff in, 2, 17, 18, 21, 22, 126, 129
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Congressional Quarterly, 12
Connally, John, xiii, xiv, 1, 25, 103, 227
Connally, Nellie, xiii
conservatives, 67, 99, 150, 185, 244
Great Society criticized by, 2–3, 4, 54, 258, 260–62, 313–14
social welfare and civil rights legislation prevented by, 12, 14
working-class voters and, 179
Conte, Silvio, 101
Cook, Donald C., 108
Cooke, Robert, 89–90
Cooney, Joan Ganz, 203
Corcoran, Tom, 32
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), xiv, 17–18, 39, 43, 47, 48, 50, 54–57, 69, 218–20, 225
Council of Federated Organizations, 109, 110
Counts, Dorothy, 165–66
credibility gap, 128, 131, 215–17, 273, 273
crime, 240–41, 245, 299, 303
civil rights and, 115, 116
and rights of accused, 241, 295–96
riots, see riots
Crisis, 259
cultural life, 202–3, 225, 314, 315
“Daisy Girl” ad, 105–6, 107
Daley, Richard, 83, 86, 176, 178, 179, 288, 293–95, 301
Daniel, Price, 22
Dark Ghetto (Clark), 257
Davis, Allison, 257
Dean, Arthur, 291
Dean, John Gunther, 234
Death of a President, The (Manchester), 233
Defense Department, 80, 129
Delinquency and Opportunity (Ohlin and Cloward), 50
Democratic National Committee, 104, 317
Democratic National Conventions:
of 1960, xi, 17
of 1964, 109–12
of 1968, 293–95
Democratic Party, Democrats, 14, 30, 53, 85, 99–100, 107, 146, 185–87, 209, 233, 293, 303–4, 317
civil rights and, 5, 176
health care and, 155, 157, 161
immigration and, 195
in presidential elections, 99
southern, 11–14, 99, 100, 112, 279
working-class voters and, 179, 301
Dent, John, 147–48
Depression, see Great Depression
desegregation, 1, 4, 5, 73–75
Brown v. Board of Education, 145, 164–72, 257, 300
of health-care facilities, 179–83
of schools, 164–79, 299, 310
see also civil rights
Detroit, Mich., 155, 198, 239, 285
riots in, 237, 271
Dingell, John, Sr., 154
Dirksen, Everett, 72, 190, 243
Dolan, Joe, 232
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 251
Douglas, Paul, 47, 243, 244, 254
Douglas, William O., 34, 297
Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB), 104–5, 107
Drake, St. Clair, 257
drugs, 213–14, 240, 241, 258
DuBois, W. E. B., 256, 257
Durr, Clifford, 34
Durr, Virginia, 34
Eastland, James, 111, 296
Economic Opportunity Act (1964), 83, 84, 173
economy, 303, 307
Great Society and, 57, 217–18, 221–26, 230
growth in, 3, 6, 41–47, 49, 51, 56, 57, 63, 68, 217, 226, 312–14
inflation and, 6, 217–22, 226, 299, 312
Keynesian economics and, 43, 56, 63
liberalism and, 3, 42–47, 50, 56–57, 63, 68, 312, 314
taxes and, see taxes
Vietnam War expenditures and, 6, 215, 217–18, 221–24, 226, 230, 278, 291, 297, 312
Edelman, Peter, 288
Edmund Pettus Bridge massacre, 189–90
education and schools, 3, 4, 5, 45, 54, 63, 66, 68, 69, 150, 153, 154, 167, 185, 197, 217, 279, 302, 303, 309, 312, 315
Brown v. Board of Education, 145, 164–72, 257, 300
busing and, 94–95, 98, 299
colleges, see colleges and universities
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 147–53, 167–70, 177, 183, 204, 221, 261, 262, 279, 302, 315
G.I. Bill and, 43, 97
Head Start, 89–93, 223, 261–63, 302, 308, 314
Office of Education, 144, 152–54, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 179, 181, 182, 262
parochial schools, 145–49, 295
primary and secondary, xviii, 1, 4, 11, 55, 87–88, 144–53, 198
school completion rates, 146
school desegregation, 164–79, 299, 310
and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, 167–70, 172–73, 179, 180, 182
Ehrlichman, John, 309
Eisenhower, Dwight, 13, 40, 56, 99, 101, 102, 108, 124, 126, 144, 155, 186, 210, 218, 226, 289–90
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 147–53, 167–70, 177, 183, 204, 221, 261, 262, 279, 302, 315
employment, 3, 48, 49, 55, 57, 62, 81–82, 217, 303, 308, 309, 312, 313
African Americans and, 88, 94, 97, 98, 115, 164, 176, 239, 242, 256–58, 311
employee benefits, 44, 278
Job Corps, 83, 88–89, 249
poverty and, 51, 256
in public sector, expansion of, 87–88
unemployment rates, 57, 222, 256, 312
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 310
environmental protections, 66, 201–2, 279, 295, 303, 314–16
Nixon and, 309–10
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 311
Equality of Educational Opportunity, 261
Esquire, 46, 213
eugenics, 194
Evans, Rowland, 84, 107, 259
Fair Deal, 45, 63, 70, 157, 201, 209, 251
Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, 202
Family Assistance Plan (FAP), 308–9
family structure, 54–55, 256–58, 259, 313
Farmer, James, 259–60
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 139, 271, 304
Federal Communications Commission, 106
Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 238
Fehmer, Marie, 292
Feldman, Myer, 184
Fifth Circuit, 174, 175
Finch, Bob, 310
Five O’Clock Club, 104, 108
Fleming, Robert, 275
Fletcher, Arthur, 311
food programs, xviii, 1, 3, 92, 200–201, 229, 309, 316
food stamps, 55, 200–201, 230, 314, 315
RFK and, 229–30
school meal programs, 55, 92, 201, 314, 315
Ford, Gerald, 145, 243–45, 298
Ford, Henry, II, 108, 296
Ford Foundation, 50, 81, 85
Foreman, George, 88–89
Forman, James, 109
Fortas, Abe, 30, 34–36, 38, 104, 116, 190, 234, 268–72, 277, 291
Clifford on, 269
LBJ’s relationship with, 34–36, 296–97
McPherson and, 271–72
on Supreme Court, 269–72, 295–97
Fortune, 155
Fowler, Henry, 280
Frankfurter, Felix, 62, 269, 270, 297
Frazier, E. Franklin, 256–57
Freedom Vote, 109–10
Freeman, Orville, 39
Friendly, Fred, 132
frontlash, 106–9, 113, 114, 117
Fulbright, William, 72
Gaither, James, 142, 277
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 40, 42, 45, 47, 56, 69, 184
Gallup polls, 49, 108, 235, 254, 287
Gardner, John, 159, 172, 175, 181, 221, 223, 224
Gavin, James, 286
General Electric (GE), 251–52
General Motors (GM), 155, 301
Gettysburg National Cemetery, 23
Gideon, Clarence, 35, 269
Gitlin, Todd, 51
Glazer, Nathan, 44, 255
Goldberg, Arthur, 220, 268, 269–70, 276
Goldman, Eric, 19, 20, 22–23, 27, 59–61, 63, 121, 127, 128, 134, 137, 140, 268
Goldwater, Barry, 100–108, 112–17, 127, 130
, 131, 144–46, 185, 190, 195, 229, 244, 254, 266
atomic weapons and, 102, 105–6, 107
Choice infomercial of, 115
LBJ and, 103, 115
Nixon and, 283
Reagan and, 251–53
Gonzalez, Henry, xvi
Goodman, Andrew, 110
Good Society, The (Lippmann), 63
Goodwin, Richard, 2, 62–65, 67–70, 80, 104, 122, 140, 184, 190, 191, 201, 204, 228, 229, 237, 258–59, 266, 289, 318, 319
background of, 62
departure of, 268, 281
McCarthy and, 287
Moyers and, 62, 80
Gordon, Kermit, 49, 52, 142, 217
Gore, Al, Sr., 72
government, size and role of, 2–4, 43, 57, 154, 255, 277
Graham, Katherine, 38, 71
Gray Areas, 50, 85
Great Depression, 3, 39–44, 48, 99, 155, 314
Great Society:
accomplishments and legacy of, 4, 312, 314–15
Busby’s view of, 64–65, 68–70
criticisms of and backlash against, 2–3, 4, 54, 68, 224, 235, 236–64, 313–14
economy and, 57, 217–18, 221–26, 230
formulation of, xviii, 3, 16, 62–70, 80
LBJ’s speeches on, 25, 64–66, 69–70, 113, 197, 201
middle class and, 302
Moyers’s role in, 26, 80
New Deal and, 16, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 81, 157, 316
New Frontier and, 2, 63, 70
Nixon administration and, 308–12
and presidential election of 1964, 117
and presidential election of 1968, 302–3
public-sector employment expanded by, 87–88
task forces and, 184–85
use of term, 2, 63–64, 66, 70
Vietnam War and, 6, 188, 224–25, 288
War on Poverty’s relation to, 2, 55
Green, Edith, 142
Griffin, Robert, 296
Griffiths, Martha, 278–79
Gruber, Bronko, 96
Guggenheim, Harry, 276
Hackett, David, 49–50, 80
Hagerty, Jim, 126
Halleck, Charles, 71
Hallett, Oliver, xiv, xv
Hamer, Fannie Lou, 111–12
Hansen, Alvin, 42
Hardwick, Elizabeth, 299
Hargis, Billy, 103
Harlan, John Marshall, II, 277
Harlow, Bryce, 186
Harrington, Michael, 47, 51, 56, 80
Harris, Lou, 94
Hayden, Carl, 72
Hayden, Tom, 51
Hayes, Frederick, 86–87
Hays, Wayne, 239
Head Start, 89–93, 223, 261–63, 302, 308, 314
Health, Education, and Welfare Department (HEW) Department, 48, 80, 137, 140, 144, 147, 152, 154, 160, 223, 310
Coleman Report and, 261
Public Health Service, 152, 160, 179, 181
school desegregation and, 168–76, 178–82
