January 16, 1995 • 51m
During the early 1960s, hundreds of Kentucky coal miners displaced by automation strike out at their former employers, bombing min...Read more
January 16, 1995 • 54m
Early 1965 is a critical period for President Johnson's war on poverty. Community action programs attract strong opposition from l...Read more
January 17, 1995 • 54m
Increasingly, the media and the public equate poverty with inner-city blacks. This program looks at the anger and despair of the p...Read more
January 17, 1995 • 55m
This episode tells the stories of Legal Services and VISTA, two programs that combined individual action with the idea of voluntee...Read more
January 18, 1995 • 54m
The Nixon Administration and the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), in a surprising partnership, bring the nation to the...Read more