A Great Society? | Wheeler on America
(2/5) Charles Wheeler charts the origins and the decline of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society programme, looking at how it changed the lives of poor people in Appalachia.
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- Clip length: 49'41''
- Broadcast year: 1996
Curriculum Connection
- History | America | Modern USA | Protest, progress and radicalism
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Licence: ERA Licence required
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UK only
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Two
- Programme: Wheeler on America
- Episode: A Great Society?
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