Movement Politics & the War on Poverty

Event Details

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

"Opal Jones and Francisca Flores: Gender, Civil Rights Activism and the War on Poverty in Los Angeles" — Robert Bauman, Washington State University Tri-Cities

"The War on Poverty and the Origins of the Chicano Movement in Texas: Confronting 'Tio Tomás' and the 'Gringo Pseudo-liberals" — William Clayson, College of Southern Nevada

"Black Women, Community Health, and Racial Justice: The Memphis Antipoverty Movement" — Laurie B. Green, University of Texas at Austin

Moderator: Lisa Gayle Hazirjian, Carnegie Mellon University