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Download full textArnow, Pat, Ed. – Now and Then, 1988
This journal theme issue focuses on Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty in Appalachia, launched in 1964. Articles discuss the War on Poverty, the people involved, how it succeeded, and how it ultimately failed. One article examines the role of the Council of the Southern Mountains, established in 1913. Federal officials used the council's reputation…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Community Action, Community Programs, Federal Programs
Height, Dorothy – The Nation, 1989
Traces the tradition of self-help in the Black community from the slave era through the contemporary civil rights movement. Contrasts the nontraditional female-headed extended Black family with that of the traditional male-headed nuclear White family. Discusses community-based self-help programs for Black families developed by the National Council…
Descriptors: Black Family, Black Organizations, Community Programs, Family Structure
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
Five million young people--1 out of every 4 in the country--are without constructive occupation at school, work, or home. An examination of 1930 United States Census and Federal Office of Education figures, brought up to date by sampling studies in various communities, discloses that--Of the 20,100 000, 16 to 24 years of age, inclusive, in the…
Descriptors: Youth, Employment Level, Community Resources, Unemployment
