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DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIAN CENTERS, U.S.A.
With a heavy sword smashing into cities already riddled with poverty, Herblock criticizes Congress for bludgeoning American cities with budget cuts. When the Johnson administration called for a tax increase, Congress and the business community, citing expenses of the Vietnam War, requested reductions in appropriations that directly affected the urban poor. Martin Luther King, Jr., saw the Vietnam War “as an enemy of the poor,” arguing that Congress had “eviscerated” the program.
Destruction of Civilian Centers, U.S.A., 1967. Published in the Washington Post, May 14, 1967. |