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Blatt, Genevieve, 1913- (Item)
  • Bio: Genevieve Blatt (1913-1996) was co-founder Americans for Democratic Action; Chief Examiner of the Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission; Secretary of Internal Affairs, 1954-1957; member of LBJ's Consumer Advisory Council; Assistant Director
Berry, Theodore (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Member, National Board of the NAACP, 1963; Director, Economic Opportunity Community Action Program, 1965; Chairman, Community Action Program of the War on Poverty, 1965-1969
Corbett, Alfred H. (Item)
  • Bio: Alfred H. Corbett was the Program Coordinator for the Community Action Program at the Office of Economic Opportunity in the late 1960s.
  • LBJ Connection: Program Coordinator for the Community Action Program, Office of Economic Opportunity
Tolmach, Eric (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Chief of Evaluation for the Training and Technical Assistance Division, Community Action Program, Office of Economic Development
Partridge, Anthony (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Assistant General Counsel, Community Action Program, 1964-1968
Sugarman, Jule M. (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Acting Chief, Children's Bureau, Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Associate Director, Head Start; Deputy Associate Director, Community Action Program, Office of Economic Opportunity
Hayes, Frederick O'Reilly, 1923-2002 (Item)
  • . Johnson's task force on the War on Poverty in 1964 and helped develop the Community Action Program. After the Economic Opportunity Act passed, he joined the Office of Economic Opportunity. He took a position as budget director for New York City
Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996 (Item)
  • Lyndon Johnson, whom he counseled to escalate military actions in Vietnam. Bundy left the White House in 1966 to head the Ford Foundation. During his thirteen years at the Ford Foundation, Bundy refocused the organization's efforts on race relations
Walt, Lewis W., 1913-1989 (Item)
  • Marines, taking part in combat on Guadalcanal. Wounded in action, he continued in combat, and later took command of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. After treatment for wounds and malaria, he returned to the Pacific area, and on D-Day he again commanded
Taylor, Hobart, Jr., 1920-1981 (Item)
  • Baines Johnson’s candidacy for the Presidency in 1960. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy named Taylor special counsel ; where he is credited with coining the phrase, “affirmative action.” While on the Commission Taylor helped devise a volunteer program