<P> Johnson's first public reference to the "Great Society" took place during a speech to students on May 7, 1964, at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio: </P> <P> And with your courage and with your compassion and your desire, we will build a Great Society . It is a society where no child will go unfed, and no youngster will go unschooled . </P> <P> He later formally presented his specific goals for the Great Society in another speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 22, 1964 . </P> <P> We are going to assemble the best thought and broadest knowledge from all over the world to find these answers . I intend to establish working groups to prepare a series of conferences and meetings--on the cities, on natural beauty, on the quality of education, and on other emerging challenges . From these studies, we will begin to set our course toward the Great Society . </P>

What was the lasting impact of the great society