Word: jacobe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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National Urban League President and Chief Executive John Jacob blasted President Reagan's claims that social programs like Affirmative Action and Medicaid have failed. He accused those who say government has grown too big or too obtrusive of hypocrisy...
...Today's critics of social policy were educated on the G.I. Bill, and reap the benefits of Social Security," Jacob told a crowd of about...
...Jacob criticized what he called Reagan's "counter-revolution" in social policy, saying the Reagan Administration is trying to change the ethical foundation on which domestic policy is built. He said if the U.S. continues to cut support for social programs, the nation will fall to "the status of a second-class world power...
...close of his remarks, Jacob presented a three-pronged plan to correct social inequality. The U.S. must provide "a universal employment and training system, educational reform, and a social welfare program stressing work and development," Jacob told the crowd...
...After Jacob concluded his remarks, a pair of Harvard scholars elaborated on the themes of his address. Both agreed with the civil rights leader's condemnations of the nation's social policies but prescribed different means for promoting greater social justice...