Groping toward democracy: African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949
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Main Author: Dowden-White, Priscilla A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia University of Missouri Press c2011
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical reference (p. 261-291) and index
Vice lords, rousters, and public school men and women : the cultural inheritance of an organizing community -- "Democratizing the city, instead of just a city beautiful" : segregation, city planning, and the roots of interracial organizing -- "That movement which is active in making communities feel that the Negro is part and parcel of society as a whole" : social work, community organization, and the genesis of a civil rights agenda -- Teamwork for a better St. Louis : the framework of a social welfare organizing community -- In the white light of critical public opinion : health care, education, and the manipulation of public culture -- Not ice cream and cake-- must be something deeper : the neighborhood club and block unit movement -- Epilogue : "Negroes are-- disturbed these days and fighting for everything."
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 300 p.)
ISBN:0826219004
0826272266
9780826219008
9780826272263

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