All this marvelous potential : Robert Kennedy's 1968 tour of Appalachia /

In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Author Matthew Algeo meticulously retraces RFK's tour of the region, visiting the places he visited and meeting with the people he m...

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Main Author: Algeo, Matthew (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Chicago Review Press, [2020]
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