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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
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