America’s War on Poverty
America’s War on Poverty was originally broadcast in 1995 as a five-part series on PBS. Blackside, Inc. created the documentary, which covers events that took place after President Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty.”
To learn more about the Executive Producer and President of Blackside, Inc., Henry Hampton, visit the Film & Media Archive’s Henry Hampton Collection.
Digital Collections
Portions of this collection are digitized and available to researchers on Digital Collections.
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Contact
- Department
- Special Collections, Preservation, and Digital Strategies
- Name
- Lydia Creech
- Job Title
- Curator of Film & Media
- Email Address
- clydia@wustl.edu