Title: DIGNITY OF RESISTANCE
Subtitle: WOMEN RESIDENTS' ACTIVISM IN CHICAGO PUBLIC HOUSING
Description: This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition.
Subjects: Community leadership, Public housing, African american women, Women in community organization, Case studies