Synopsis for Lockdown lecture on 4.3.24

The American Dream and LBJ's Great Society

• The Puritans of the 17th century are the first to dream

• The Founding Fathers set the dream into the Constitution

• The Dream takes off in modern times under James Truslow Adams

• The Dream of MLK and The Civil Rights Movement

• LBJ: The Man

• The Dream put into legislation by LBJ

• The Dream still exists

The American Dream Jim Cullen

Striving for The Great Society Charles Haar

The Years of Lyndon Johnson (multi vol) Robert Caro