Black on the block
Subtitle: the politics of race and class in the city
By: Mary Pattillo.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780226649313
Description: The author presents a comprehensive analysis of the renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood and how the residents banded together to root out the gangs and violent in order to transform their community.