In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson commenced a long battle against American poverty.  In an inversion of the usual politics of war, this war would be declared by the White House but would have to be fought largely by Congress.  This lecture discusses the complex set of motives animating Johnson’s decision, as well as the changing nature of support in Congress and among the public during that rare window of opportunity of 1964-1966.

Dr. Mickey's first book, “Paths Out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America’s Deep South, 1944-1972”, came out in February.

http://www.olli-umich.org/programs_activities/lectures/5th_Lecture_Series.pdf