are south eastern kentucky, san antonio, philadelphia, los angeles, and the nation of oklahoma which is an american inian tribe. the new initiative coming as they look back at the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty. it began with a speech by president lindon johnson. mark snyder looks back. >> and this is demonstration today. declares unconditional war on poverty in america. >> the speech came less than two months after the assassination our aim is to relieve the symptom of poverty. but decure it. above all. to prevent it. >> poverty had been a major concern of president kennedy, and with the country still grieving and almost one in five americans living in poverty, johnson declared war on poverty.