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President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty instigated a ferocious backlash in Mississippi. Federally funded programs--the embodiment of 1960s liberalism--directly clashed with Mississippi's closed society. From 1965 to 1973, opposing forces transformed the state.

In this state-level history of the war on poverty, Emma J. Folwell traces the attempts of white and black Mississippians to address the state's dire economic circumstances through antipoverty programs. At times, the war on poverty became a powerful tool for black empowerment. But more often, antipoverty programs served as a potent catalyst of white resistance to black advancement.

After the momentous events of 1964, both black activism and white opposition to black empowerment evolved due to these federal efforts. White Mississippians deployed massive resistance in part to stifle any black economic empowerment, twisting antipoverty programs into tools to marginalize black political power. Folwell u

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      Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/30/2020 12:03:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781496827395, 978-1496827395
      ISBN10: 1496827392
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      President Lyndon B. Johnson's war on poverty instigated a ferocious backlash in Mississippi. Federally funded programs--the embodiment of 1960s liberalism--directly clashed with Mississippi's closed society. From 1965 to 1973, opposing forces transformed the state.

      In this state-level history of the war on poverty, Emma J. Folwell traces the attempts of white and black Mississippians to address the state's dire economic circumstances through antipoverty programs. At times, the war on poverty became a powerful tool for black empowerment. But more often, antipoverty programs served as a potent catalyst of white resistance to black advancement.

      After the momentous events of 1964, both black activism and white opposition to black empowerment evolved due to these federal efforts. White Mississippians deployed massive resistance in part to stifle any black economic empowerment, twisting antipoverty programs into tools to marginalize black political power. Folwell u

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