Urban Politics & the War on Poverty
Wesley Phelps, Ivy Holliman, Guian McKee, Tom Jackson, Rhonda Y Williams
4:00AM (EST)
Event Details
9:00 am – 10:45 am
"'We do not have large areas of poverty & discontent': Urban Renewal, Unrest, & Antipoverty Programs in Atlanta, Georgia" — Ivy Holliman, University of Georgia
"'This Government is With Us': Lyndon Johnson and the Grassroots War on Poverty" — Guian A. McKee, University of Virginia
"Local Implementation of Antipoverty Programs in Houston in the 1960s" — Wesley Phelps, Rice University
"'We Had Better Listen': Community Action, Poor People, and Municipal Politics in Baltimore" — Rhonda Y. Williams, Case Western Reserve University
Moderator: Tom Jackson, University of North Carolina, Greenboro
When
4:00AM (EST)
Where
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Speakers
Wesley Phelps
Ivy Holliman
Guian McKee
Tom Jackson
Rhonda Y Williams