Black citymakers : how the Philadelphia negro changed urban America
Hunter, Marcus AnthonyAuthor
New York : Oxford University Press,
2013.
'Black Citymakers' revisits the Black Seventh Ward neighborhood and residents of W.E.B. DuBois's 'The Philadelphia Negro' over the twentieth century. Hunter's analysis demonstrates that black Philadelphians were by not mere victims of large scale socio-economic and political change, but active participants influencing the direction of urban policy and change.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
'Black Citymakers' revisits the Black Seventh Ward neighborhood and residents of W.E.B. DuBois's 'The Philadelphia Negro' over the twentieth century. Hunter's analysis demonstrates that black Philadelphians were by not mere victims of large scale socio-economic and political change, but active participants influencing the direction of urban policy and change.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Mar. 12, 2013).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
If these row homes could talk: W.E.B. DuBois, the Philadelphia Negro, and political agency -- A tale of two banks: economic collapse and neighborhood change -- The night the roof caved in: tragedy in the Black seventh ward and the rise of racialized public housing -- Philadelphia's Mason-Dixon line: urban renewal and the crosstown expressway battle -- Philadelphia's Black Belt: post-civil rights Philadelphia, Black politics, and urban change -- Flash (mobs) forward: Black citymakers and urban change.
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
Urban policy
Urban policy
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
United States Local History