Two Americas, Then and Now

    • During the 1960s, poverty declined in the United States, partially because of a thriving economy and partially because of the measures implemented during President Johnson’s War on Poverty, but a significant portion of Americans were still living in poverty by the end of the decade. The year King died, the poverty rate was 12.8 percent. Five years later, in 1973, it hit a low of 11.1 percent. But today, 15 percent — roughly a sixth — of Americans live in poverty.

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