America's war on poverty / a production of Blackside ; series producer, Terry Kay Rockefeller

Published:: [2016]
Physical Description:: 5 videodiscs (264 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators:: Rockefeller, Terry Kay, Thigpen, Lynne, Bellows, Susan, Hampton, Henry, 1940-1998, Blackside, Inc, PBS Video, and Civil Rights Project (Harvard University)

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Contents:

In this affluent society (50 min.) -- Given a chance (53 min.) -- City of promise (54 min.) -- In service to America (54 min.) -- My brother's keeper (53 min.).

Summary:

Examines the extent of poverty in the U.S. in the prosperous 1960s and how federal anti-poverty policies and programs were established and altered in the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations to promote education, job-training, community action, and basic health care. Such agencies and programs as: the Office of Economic Opportunity, Legal Services, VISTA, Head Start, and the National Welfare Rights Organization are also examined.

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Related Titles:

In this affluent society
Given a chance
City of promise
In service to America
My brother's keeper

Digital File Characteristics:

video file DVD video

Note:

Originally issued as VHS videocassette by PBS Video in 1995.
Use copies of video content now fragile in original format. Media conversion undertaken based on Fair Use analysis. Copies created February 2016.
Penn State users only. Not for Interlibrary Loan.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Executive producer, Henry Hampton ; producer, director, Susan Bellows.

Participant/Performer Note:

Narrator: Lynne Thigpen.

Technical Details:

DVD-R.

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