Launching the War on Poverty An Oral History

Name: Launching the War on Poverty An Oral History
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ISBN: 9780195387278

ISBN-10: 0195387279

ISBN-13: 9780195387278

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Michael L. Gillette

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The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was one of the great legislative triumphs of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. In Launching the War on Poverty, forty-nine veterans of this unprecedented legislative effort tell their stories, offering a fascinating inside look at how Community Action, Head Start, the Job Corps, Legal Services, and other efforts went from brainstorming sessions in Washington to real-life programs in low-income neighborhoods throughout the nation. As the interviews reveal the idealism of the 1960s, they also capture the excitement and disappointment, the determination and doubt, the cut-and-thrust of American lawmaking, and the sheer force of the personalities involved. This…

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List price: $26.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/9/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Camelot Confronts the Culture of Poverty



The War on Poverty Task Force



Creating the Community Action Program



Employment Versus Poverty



Rural Programs



The Enactment of Poverty Legislation



The Office of Economic Opportunity: "The Most Action in Town"



The Job Corps



The Community Action Program



An Early Success: Project Head Start



Advocates for the Poor: Vista and the Legal Services Program



Delegated Programs



Challenges to Head Start



The Jobs Corps Under Siege



"Keeping the Trash in One Pile": Legislative Battles



Oeo's Struggle to Endure



Epilogue and Assessments


Appendix: Oral History Interviews


Notes


Bibliography


Websites


Index