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apr 10, 1964 - War on Poverty

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LBJ declared 1964 as year of. war on poverty- programs modeled after FDR's New Deal; [OEO] Office of Economic Opportunity; antipoverty agency; budget of $1 billion
Sponsored Head Start (preschoolers), Job Corps (vocational education, literacy programs, legal services), Community Action Program (controversial; allowed poor to run anti-poverty programs in their own neighborhoods)

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Date:

apr 10, 1964
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~ 61 years ago