The 50th Anniversary of Johnson's War On Poverty

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 8, 2014

Peniel Joseph, professor of history, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Tufts University, and author, discusses poverty today, 50 years after President Johnson famously declared a "war on poverty" in America.

 

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