| Description |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
| System Details |
DVD ; Region 1. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Kerry Frumkin. |
| Summary |
"In the shadow of the war in Vietnam and assassinations and rebellion at home, Sargent Shriver launched a string of social inventions and arguably touched more lives than any leader since Franklin Roosevelt. Shriver opened pathways for hundreds of thousands of young people to make a difference - Peace Corps, VISTA, Head Start, Community Action, and Legal Services for the Poor ..."--Container. |
| Contents |
The start of a new era -- Growing up, the Great Depression, and WWII -- Politics and the Peace Corps -- Timberlawn -- I want you to be Mr. Poverty -- How do you fight a war on poverty? -- Community action and the politics of poverty in the north -- Head Start and the politics of poverty in the South -- Vietnam vs. poverty -- 1968 and the democratic convention -- Running for office and beyond. |
| Credits |
Videography and editing by Bill Glader ; music by Sheldon Mirowitz. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011 -- Video recordings.
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography -- Video recordings.
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Political participation -- United States -- History -- Video recordings.
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Political activists -- United States -- Video recordings.
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Community organization -- United States -- History -- Video recordings.
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Social justice -- Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Orenstein, Bruce.
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Frumkin, Kerry.
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Chicago Video Project.
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| Added Title |
Story of Sargent Shriver |
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