Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

73

Description:

Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City program; U.S. Conference of Mayors; National League of Cities; July 1967 riots in Detroit; Kerner Commission Report

Contributor:

Cavanagh, Jerome P.

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Jerome P. Cavanagh

Subject:

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Great Society; Civil disorders

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details

Interviewee:

Jerome P. Cavanagh

Interviewer(s):

Joe B. Frantz

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-cavanaghj-19710322-1-79-92

Date:

1971-03-22

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed May 01, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-cavanaghj-19710322-1-79-92