Now is the time!
Subtitle: Detroit black politics and grassroots activism
By: Todd C. Shaw.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780822344957; 9780822345084
Subjects: 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; Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The right tactic, time, and place; title: From black politics to grassroots protest; title: Making black activism matter; title: Black grassroots activism and accountability in Detroit, 1933/1993; title: Where are the people? the early black housing crisis and grassroots activism; title: Trading activism : the young regime and the context of black politics; title: Picking up spears : the timing and utility of renewed activism; title: Holding them responsible : community development activism; title: Now is the time! : public housing and anti-homelessness activism; title: Black grassroot activism after young and beyond Detroit, 1993/2005; title: A change is gonna come? the archer regime and housing politics beyond Detroit; title: More than a drop : the visions of black grassroots activism.