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All Sides with Ann Fisher - 11:00 AM - Lyndon Johnson and The Great Society
 
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Many of the legislative achievements of the Johnson Administration transformed the nation and remain controversial, including the Voting Rights Act, Medicare, Medicaid, and many others. This hour we examine the politics behind these sweeping changes and Johnson's part in that history.

Guests:

Julian E. Zelizer, author of The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
February 5, 2015