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“YOU’RE REALLY ROLLING UP QUITE A RECORD”
Having declared a “war on poverty,” President Johnson used the legislative process to build programs that provided more Americans with equal opportunities. In 1965, Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that increased funding to public schools. It also created Medicare for the elderly. By passing the Voting Rights Act, it banned discriminatory practices aimed at minorities. Herblock drew this cartoon a week before Easter in 1965, with a nod to the annual tradition of the White House Easter Egg Roll.
“You’re Really Rolling Up Quite a Record,” 1965. Published in the Washington Post, April 11, 1965. |