America's War on Poverty
In the midst of unprecedented national prosperity in the 1960s, poverty was "rediscovered" by American policy makers, media and the public. This series examines how the poor fared during these years and the resultant evolution of foundation and public sector programs addressing the challenges of poverty.
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During the early 1960s, hundreds of Kentucky coal miners displaced by automation strike out at their former employers, bombing mines to shut down prod...
Early 1965 is a critical period for President Johnson's war on poverty. Community action programs attract strong opposition from local and state gover...
Increasingly, the media and the public equate poverty with inner-city blacks. This program looks at the anger and despair of the poor and the powerles...
This episode tells the stories of Legal Services and VISTA, two programs that combined individual action with the idea of volunteerism. Lawyers team u...
The Nixon Administration and the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), in a surprising partnership, bring the nation to the brink of overhaulin...
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