Living as equals : how three white communities struggled to make interracial connections during the civil rights era / Phyllis Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Phyllis M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination.

History.

Ethnic relations.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Race relations.

United States--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Racism--United States--History--20th century.

Racism.

Race discrimination--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

x, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Using interviews with leaders and participants, as well as historical archives, the author documents three interracial sites where white Americans put themselves into unprecedented relationships with African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asian Americans. In teen summer camps in the New York City and Los Angeles areas, students from largely segregated schools worked and played together; in Washington, D.C., families fought blockbusting and white flight to build an integrated neighborhood; and in San Antonio, white community activists joined in coalition with Mexican American groups to advocate for power in a city government monopolized by Anglos. Women often took the lead in organizations that were upsetting patterns of men's protective authority at the same time as white people's racial dominance.

Contents:

Camping for democracy : Brotherhood Camps, 1957-1967

Respecting all the brothers and sisters : Brotherhood Camps, 1968-1974

Making a neighborhood : Neighbors Inc., 1958-1965

Abiding together : Neighbors Inc., 1965-1975

The limits of White Anglo benevolence : San Antonio, 1948-1968

A victory of multicultural collaboration : San Antonio, 1969-1983.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-289) and index.

ISBN:

9780826515964

0826515967

9780826515971

0826515975

OCLC:

190842572