One reason President Johnson created the Great Society program was to give the United States an advantage in the space race. strengthen Secret Service protections for the president. overturn several policies of the previous administration. carry on the social reform goals of his predecessor. Both the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee coordinated protest marches in the North. organized freedom rides in the South. organized freedom rides in the North. organized boycotts in the North and South.