In Service to America

A History of VISTA in Arkansas, 1965-1985

• Author(s): Marvin Schwartz,
• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Pages: 491
• ISBN_10: 1557280061
  ISBN_13: 9781557280060
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) , History / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare ,

Description:... As part of President Johnson's War on Poverty, VISTA volunteers in the 1960s began fanning out across the United States to try to break the cycle of poverty in which many Americans were caught. This work takes a close look at the effect these volunteers had on Arkansas communities and, in turn, the effect the communities had on the volunteers.