President of the other America
Subtitle: Robert Kennedy and the politics of poverty
By: Edward R. Schmitt.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558497306
Subjects: Kennedy, Robert F., -- 1925-1968; Poverty -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1968; United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980; United States -- Social policy -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From the New Deal to the new frontier : postwar prosperity, poverty, and the Kennedys; title: At the fulcrum of the movement : deciding time; title: Poverty and justice : defining a federal role; title: Troubles and trials : from Dallas to Watts; title: The education of a senator : seeking a "greater society"; title: "Born in a storm" : the Bedford-Stuyvesant experiment; title: "It became his issue" : fighting for the war on poverty; title: "You can't deny these people the presidency" : the 1968 campaign.