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American idealist [videorecording] : the story of Sargent Shriver / writter, director, producer, Bruce Orenstein ; produced by Chicago Video Project.

Contributor(s): Orenstein, Bruce | Frumkin, Kerry | Chicago Video Project.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Video Project, c2008Description: 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., b&w and col. ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: Story of Sargent Shriver.Subject(s): Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011 | Social reformers -- United States -- Biography | Political participation -- United States -- History | Political activists -- United States | Community organization -- United States -- History | Social justiceGenre/Form: Documentary films.
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.
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.
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DVD ; Region 1.

Closed-captioned.

Narrator, Kerry Frumkin.

"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.

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.

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