Project inventory for the Model Cities developmental program for Little Rock, Arkansas.The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. Model Cities originated in response to several concerns of the mid-1960s. Widespread urban violence, disillusionment with existing urban renewal programs, and bureaucratic difficulties in the first years of the War on Poverty.
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Project inventory for the Model Cities developmental program for Little Rock, Arkansas.The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. Model Cities originated in response to several concerns of the mid-1960s. Widespread urban violence, disillusionment with existing urban renewal programs, and bureaucratic difficulties in the first years of the War on Poverty.
National Model Cities Community Development Directors Association.[Little Rock - Project Inventory],
pamphlet,
[1972,1974];
Washington, D. C..
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1777812/:
accessed June 5, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.