have failed to learn from it. it reads in part, on december 12th, 1972, former president lyndon johnson gave what would be his final speech, six weeks before his death from a heart attack. he argued that in order to protect and build on the progress they had made, the public must agree that it s the responsibility of the government to play an active role in leveling the economic playing field to exclusively uplift black americans and other systematically disadvantaged people. yet progressives have not yet heeded johnson s warnings, instead on the same path lbj believed to be among his biggest failure, not pursuing the pursuit of equity. many of the policies and