welfare rights movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:activePeriod 1960s
1970s
gptkbp:advocatesFor welfare recipients
gptkbp:aimsTo protect welfare benefits
expand access to welfare
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:activist
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:focusesOn welfare rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label welfare rights movement
gptkbp:notableAction marches and demonstrations
protests at welfare offices
gptkbp:notableEvent founding of National Welfare Rights Organization in 1966
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:George_Wiley
Johnnie Tillmon
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:National_Welfare_Rights_Organization
gptkbp:notablePublication Welfare Mothers Speak Out
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:suffragist
anti-poverty movement
gptkbp:requires adequate income
dignity for welfare recipients
end to discrimination in welfare system
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cloward–Piven_strategy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7