Lyndon B. Johnson signed a piece of federal legislation into law in the sixties.
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 -- 65 . Lyndon B. Johnson . In domestic policy , Johnson designed the `` Great Society '' legislation by upholding civil rights , public broadcasting , Medicare , Medicaid , aid to education , the arts , urban and rural development , public services , and his `` War on Poverty '' .