THE WAR ON POVERTY...A BEGINNING Part 6

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Reviews the successes and failures of the first anti-poverty programs on the national, state, and local levels. A black youth, enrolled in the first Neighbhood Youth Corps in Newark, N.J. obtains a sense of self-respect and dignity by helping others; a white youth in the Job Corps at Camp Kilmer, N.J. loses interest and drops out. Describes the functions, problems, achievements and anticipated challenges of these programs.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs