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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Todd Cameron.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African American political activists.

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

African Americans.

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

Community development--Michigan--Detroit.

Community development.

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

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

Detroit (Mich.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines African American grassroots activism in Detroit from 1973 to the present.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613064950

9781283064958

1283064952

9780822390954

0822390957

OCLC:

462933152