Kilty, K. M. (2015). Fifty Years Later: Access to Education as an Avenue out of Poverty. Journal of Poverty, 19(3), 324-329. doi:10.1080/10875549.2015.1047715 Poverty is a condition where an individual’s basic needs are not being met. Generally, poverty is categorized into two type, for instance, absolute poverty is synonymous with destitution and occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources; whereas relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards determined by the government and enjoyed by the “majority or privileged” of that country. In 1964 United State President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the “War on Poverty” also known as the “Economic Opportunity Act”. This proposal was in response to a national poverty rate increasing in America. This act would go on to support and develop service programs like “Head Start and Elementary and Secondary Education Act”. For African Americas, the War on Poverty
Kilty, K. M. (2015). Fifty Years Later: Access to Education as an Avenue out of Poverty. Journal of Poverty, 19(3), 324-329. doi:10.1080/10875549.2015.1047715 Poverty is a condition where an individual’s basic needs are not being met. Generally, poverty is categorized into two type, for instance, absolute poverty is synonymous with destitution and occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources; whereas relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy a certain minimum level of living standards determined by the government and enjoyed by the “majority or privileged” of that country. In 1964 United State President Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the “War on Poverty” also known as the “Economic Opportunity Act”. This proposal was in response to a national poverty rate increasing in America. This act would go on to support and develop service programs like “Head Start and Elementary and Secondary Education Act”. For African Americas, the War on Poverty