A movement without marches [electronic resource]
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Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia's most impoverished neighborhoods into its welfare offices, courtrooms, public housing, schools, and hospitals, laying claim to an unprecedented array of government benefits and services. With these resources came new constraints, as public officials frequently responded to women's efforts by limiting benefit
Title |
A movement without marches [electronic resource] : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia / Lisa Levenstein. |
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Publisher |
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press |
Creation Date |
c2009 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-284) and index. English |
Content |
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Multidimensionality of Poverty in a Postwar City One: ""Tired of Being Seconds"" on ADC Two: Hard Choices at 1801 Vine Three: Housing, Not a Home Four: ""Massive Resistance"" in the Public Schools Five: A Hospital of Their Own Conclusion Appendix: Note on First-Person Sources Notes Bibliography Index |
Series |
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture |
Extent |
1 online resource (319 p.) |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010718239105171 |
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- African American women Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 20th century.
- Poor women Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 20th century.
- African American women Pennsylvania Philadelphia Social conditions 20th century.
- African American women Pennsylvania Philadelphia Biography.
- African Americans Pennsylvania Philadelphia Economic conditions 20th century.
- Poverty Political aspects Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 20th century.
- Urban policy Pennsylvania Philadelphia History 20th century.
- Cities and state
- Urban problems
- Destitution
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- Philadelphia (Pa.) Race relations History 20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) Politics and government 20th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions 20th century.
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