Freedom is not enough
Subtitle: the war on poverty and the civil rights movement in Texas
By: William S. Clayson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292721869
Subjects: Poverty -- Government policy -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Economic assistance, Domestic -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century; Texas -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Texas -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Poverty, race, and politics in postwar Texas; title: Postwar liberalism, civil rights, and the origins of the war on poverty; title: The war on poverty and Texas politics; title: Launching the war on poverty in Texas; title: Making maximum participation feasible: community action in urban Texas; title: Race conflict and the war on poverty in Texas; title: The war on poverty and the militants: the OEO and the Chicano movement; title: A "preventative force"? Urban violence, black power, and the OEO; title: After LBJ: Republican ascendance and grassroots antipoverty activism; title: Conclusion: Texans and the "long war on poverty".