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In service to America

Title
In service to America / produced and directed by Paige Martinez, Sam Sills.
Publication
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Martinez, Paige.
  • Sills, Sam.
  • Thigpen, Lynne.
Description
1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
The fourth film in the five-part PBS series America's war on poverty, In service to America documents two government programs that combined individual action with the idea of volunteerism. Legal Services teamed up lawyers and migrant farm workers in California to fight for better education, health care and working conditions. In VISTA, volunteers and local residents organized against strip mining in Appalachia.
Uniform Title
America's war on poverty (Television program)
Subject
  • Volunteers in Service to America
  • Legal Services Program (U.S.)
  • Poverty > United States
  • Economic assistance, Domestic > United States
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • United States > Economic conditions
Note
  • Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Credits (note)
  • Writers, Sheila Curran Bernard, Paige Martinez, Sam Sills.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
OCLC
32148475
Title
In service to America / produced and directed by Paige Martinez, Sam Sills.
Imprint
Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video, c1995.
System Details
VHS.
Performer
Narrator, Lynne Thigpen.
Credits
Writers, Sheila Curran Bernard, Paige Martinez, Sam Sills.
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Added Author
Martinez, Paige.
Sills, Sam.
Thigpen, Lynne.
Added Title
America's war on poverty (Television program)
Publisher No.
AWPO-104 PBS Video
Branch Call Number
VC 305.569 I
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