Now is the time! : Detroit black politics and grassroots activism / Todd C. Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Todd Cameron.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American political activists--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

African Americans--Michigan--Detroit--Social conditions--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights--Michigan--Detroit--History--20th century.

Community development--Michigan--Detroit.

African Americans--Housing--Michigan--Detroit.

African Americans--Housing.

Community development.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

African Americans.

Social conditions.

African American political activists.

Detroit (Mich.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Michigan--Detroit.

Physical Description:

xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Contents:

The right tactic, time, and place

From black politics to grassroots protest

Making black activism matter

Black grassroots activism and accountability in Detroit, 1933/1993

Where are the people? the early black housing crisis and grassroots activism

Trading activism : the young regime and the context of black politics

Picking up spears : the timing and utility of renewed activism

Holding them responsible : community development activism

Now is the time! : public housing and anti-homelessness activism

Black grassroot activism after young and beyond Detroit, 1993/2005

A change is gonna come? the archer regime and housing politics beyond Detroit

More than a drop : the visions of black grassroots activism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 245]-278) and index.

ISBN:

9780822344957

0822344955

9780822345084

0822345080

OCLC:

318100412