Urban planning and the African American community
Subtitle: in the shadows
By: June Manning Thomas, Marsha Ritzdorf, editors.
Contributors: Thomas, June Manning.; Ritzdorf, Marsha.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: City planning -- United States; African Americans -- Social conditions; Urban renewal -- United States; Zoning -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / June Manning Thomas and Marsha Ritzdorf; title: The racial origins of zoning in American cities / Christopher Silver; title: Locked out of paradise : contemporary exclusionary zoning, the Supreme Court, and African-Americans : 1970-present / Marsha Ritzdorf; title: The second ghetto and the 'infiltration theory' in urban real estate, 1940-60 / Raymond Mohl; title: Family values, municipal zoning, and African-American family life / Marsha Ritzdorf; title: The persistence of racial isolation : the role of government action and inaction / Yale Rabin; title: Urban planning, equity planning, and racial justice / Norman Krumholz; title: Gary, Indiana : planning, race, and ethnicity / Robert Catlin; title: Model cities revisited : issues of race and empowerment / June Manning Thomas; title: Charlotta Bass, the California eagle, and black settlement in Los Angeles / Jacqueline Leavitt; title: Winning some battles but losing the war? blacks and urban renewal in Greensboro, N.C., 1953-1965 / Sigmund C. Shipp; title: The roots and origins of African-American planning in Birmingham, Alabama / Charles Connerly and Bobby Wilson; title: Urban environmentalism and race / Robert W. Collin and Robin M. Collin; title: The status of planning education at historically black colleges and universities :  the case of Morgan State University / Siddhartha Sen; title: Coming together : unified diversity for social action / June Manning Thomas; title: Excerpts from selected planning-related documents : Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Corporation (1926) ; FHA underwriting manual (1938) ; The urban renewal manual (1961) ; The racial aspects of urban planning :  An urban league research report (1968) ; Village of Belle Terre V. Boraas (1973) ; Warth V. Seldin (1974) ; Milton Morris, new federalism and community development : A joint center for political studies report (1976) ; U. S. Fair Housing Act (1988) ; American Institute of Certified Planners "code of ethics (1989) ; President William Clinton's "Environmental justice" : executive order (1994) ; Community Reinvestment Act : challenges remain.