Urban renewal or urban removal?
Contributors: López, Antonio; Stovall, David; Williams, Emily
Series: A  Peoples' Chicago series : our stories of change & struggle -- unit 1.; Peoples' Chicago Series -- unit 1.
Publisher: Chicago Grassroots Curriculum Taskforce (CGCT)
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780988508101
Subjects: Urbanization; Study and teaching; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Housing; History
Other titles: Grassroots look at Chicago's land grabs and the struggle for home and community
Description: "In Urban Renewal or Urban Removal? learners will engage in the more troubling side of urban growth, development and gentrification to find out that people have confronted and resisted land/housing inequities and displacement since the beginnings of Chicago. In presenting a grassroots look at Chicago's land grabs and the struggle for home and community, the voices and writings of affected residents are valued most. You'll see Chicago's history through their eyes, feel their pains of displacement, and witness their courageous struggles for housing rights and community justice. It is a story more real today than ever before as Chicago continues to "gentrify" while residents continue to be displaced. What will become of Chicago? Who will live here? What can be done to keep our city affordable for present and future generations?"--Publisher's website.
Notes: "Edited by Anton Miglietta with Antonio Lopez, David Stovall, Emily Williams and over 50 contributors"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (end of Community Appendix)

"For 8th Gr. to College + Your Family and Community"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: pt.1. Indigenious Chicago (10,000 years ago to the 1830s) : who were the first nation people of this land? What happened? How did they resist?; title: pt.2. The roots of Chicago inequality (1830's to 1910's); title: pt.3. Systematic segregation and the 3 R's : removal, renewal, and resistance (1910s to 1950s); title: pt.4. Richard J. Daley's urban renewal agenda hits Chicago (1950s to 1970s); title: pt.5. Building a new Chicago...for? (1970s to 2012); title: pt.6. Community appendix (a small sampling).