The war on poverty in Mississippi : from massive resistance to new conservatism /

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"President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty instigated a ferocious backlash in Mississippi. Federally funded programs-the embodiment of 1960s liberalism-directly clashed with Mississippi's closed society. From 1965 to 1973, opposing forces transformed the state. In this state-level...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Folwell, Emma J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2020]
Temas:
1900-1999
Poor > Mississippi.
Poverty > Political aspects > Mississippi.
Poor African Americans > Mississippi.
African Americans > Mississippi > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Pauvres > Mississippi.
Pauvreté > Aspect politique > Mississippi.
Noirs américains pauvres > Mississippi.
Noirs américains > Mississippi > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African Americans > Economic conditions
Poor
Poor African Americans
Poverty > Political aspects
Mississippi
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Civil rights to economic empowerment
  • Chapter 2: Majorie Baroni, adult education, and the Mississippi Catholic Church
  • Chapter 3:The Ku Klux Klan and the war on poverty
  • Chapter 4: Black empowerment in Jackson
  • Chapter 5: Helen Bass Williams and Mississippi Action for Progress
  • Chapter 6: Mississippi Republicans and the politics of poverty
  • Chapter 7: STAR, the AFL-CIO, and the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson
  • Chapter 8: The demise of the war on poverty
  • Epilogue.

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