A movement without marches: African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia
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Main Author: Levenstein, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2009
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-284) and index
Introduction: The multidimensionality of poverty in a postwar city -- "Tired of being seconds" on ADC -- Hard choices at 1801 Vine -- Housing, not a home -- "Massive resistance" in the public schools -- A hospital of their own
In this bold interpretation of U.S. history, Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia's most impoverished neighborhoods into its welfare offices, courtrooms, public housing, schools, and hospitals, laying claim to an unprecedented array of government benefits and services. Levenstein uncovers the constraints that led women to public institutions, emphasizin
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 300 pages)
ISBN:0807871648
0807889989
1469605880
9780807871645
9780807889985
9781469605883

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