History of the United States II / Unit 14 USH2 1966 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Community Action
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The idea
The most controversial programme under the Act, the Yawp says, was Community Action, meant to involve poor citizens in running antipoverty programmes themselves.
In practice
The planners' phrase for it: maximum feasible participation.
Where people slip
The Yawp adds that Community Action empowered later generations of community activists who had never felt they had a voice.
Your place on the trail
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