President Johnson Signs Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965)

Title: President Johnson Signs Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965)
Creator: Gordon Wilkinson
Description: This short clip shows President Lyndon Baines Johnson signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in Johnson City in 1965. Beside him is his childhood teacher, Kate Deadrich Loney, sitting outside the President’s former one-room school, Junction Elementary School. The act was a part of Johnson's War on Poverty, as it served to mandate funding for primary and secondary education, with an emphasis on equal access and opportunity. It depicts a moment in history in which we move forward with understanding the importance of equality within public education as a nation.
Date: April 11, 1965
Type: Newsreels
Subject: Education
Source: Texas Archive of the Moving Image

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