Declaring War on Poverty (Replay)
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Community Community Action - A New Concept in American Government
In 19 64, shriver and his team draft the economic opportunity act. The idea that ultimately becomes most associated with the war of poverty is one called community community action. O b j actually recruits doris kerns goodwin's future husband, richard goodwin,. He had been a speech writer for j f k, and was then working in the leadership of the peace corps. And it's important to johnson to stay in the kennedy's good graces. So there's he seed of a really problematic conflict that's planted in that misunderstanding acon it over community action.
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