President Lyndon Johnson’s call for a war on poverty in 1964 led to a cascade of federal programs aimed at eradicating chronic poverty. Today, while poverty in the U.S. and Oklahoma is less severe, it persists to a troubling degree.
President Lyndon Johnson’s call for a war on poverty in 1964 led to a cascade of federal programs aimed at eradicating chronic poverty. Today, while poverty in the U.S. and Oklahoma is less severe, it persists to a troubling degree.