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Poverty War Begins To Aid Dixie's Poor
The Johnson anti poverty program expands from Virginia to Texas with projects in Georgia Alabama Florida and Texas. In Atlanta the EOA opens three centers and plans more while local disputes arise over administration in Alabama and state control in Florida. Atlanta officials call the program a national pilot and expect continued growth.
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Dixie
Atlanta
Virginia
Texas
South
Johnson
Georgia
Florida
Holmes County
Ollie Toole
Camp
Gary Jobs Corpa Center
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Claude Kirk
Kirk
Erskine Smith
Birmingham Anti - Poverty Committee
Smith
George Wallace
Birmingham
Jefferson County
Palmetto, Fla
Jerome Platt
Manatee County
Haydon Burns
Atlanta-Fulton County
Economic Opportunity Authority
Congress
EOA