address during a symposium aimed at revisiting the great society policies and politics of franklin d. roosevelt and lyndon b. johnson. this is about 50 minutes. thank you. it is altogether appropriate that this conference be held at hunter college and at roosevelt house where we will convene tomorrow lyndon johnson served his president when this president was first elected to congress in 1946. lbj, a new dealer by background, and at heart, believed in fdr and his vision for america. in many ways, the seeds of lbj s great society were planted in the fields of fdr s new deal. as johnson often said to his aides during his administration, i really intend to finish franklin roosevelt s revolution. but lbj s passion for social justice came well before fdr landed in the white house. before the joint session of congress, lbj talked about an experience as a young man that might have been the most formative of his life. my first job after college was as a teacher in texas, and a sm
this is about 50 minutes. thank you. it is altogether appropriate that this conference be held at hunter college and at roosevelt house where we will convene tomorrow lyndon johnson served his president when this president was first elected to congress in 1946. a dealer by background and at heart believed in fdr and his vision for america. in many way, the seeds of lbj s great society were planted in the field, and as johnson often said to his aides during his administration, i intend to finish franklin roosevelt s revolution, but lbj s passion for social justice came well before fdr landed in the white house. before the joint session of congress, lbj talked about an experience as a young man that might have been the most formative of his life. my first job after college was as a teacher in texas, and the mexican school, two of them couldn t speech much english and i couldn t speak much spanish. the students were poor and they often came to class without breakfast, hungry