what were some of the programs of the great society 
project head start the national endowment for the arts medicare and medicaid are all programs that were part of the great society initiatives who urged congress to pass the civil rights act as part of his vision for a great society before his untimely death president john kennedy asked congress in 1963 for a comprehensive civil rights bill when lyndon b johnson became the president after kennedy s death he urged congress to pass the civil rights act as part of his and the late kennedy vision for a great society 15