Description
Poverty: Selected Readings” is a book edited by L. Jack Roach, first published in 1971. The book is a collection of articles and essays by various authors, focusing on the issue of poverty and its causes, effects, and potential solutions.
The book is divided into several sections, each addressing a different aspect of poverty. These sections include topics such as the history of poverty, poverty in urban areas, poverty and race, and poverty and public policy. The articles and essays within each section offer different perspectives and insights into these topics.
Some of the authors featured in the book include Michael Harrington, who wrote the influential book “The Other America,” which helped to bring the issue of poverty to the forefront of American consciousness; Martin Luther King Jr., who wrote about poverty and civil rights; and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, who spoke about the need to address poverty as a moral issue.
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