THE WAY IT IS Part 4

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Explores problems in a poverty-stricken, black community in Louisville, Kentucky, through numerous interviews with residents. Shows how the local Russell Neighborhood Council Service provides counseling in public housing, legal aide social services and employment. Shows residents in the community, including a mother who supports her family through the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. The poor express their desire for a voice in government, an end to racial discrimination and for communication and understanding with the white community.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs