Now is the time! : Detroit black politics and grassroots activism / Todd C. Shaw.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shaw, Todd Cameron
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
African American political activists > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Michigan > Detroit > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Community development > Michigan > Detroit.
African Americans > Housing > Michigan > Detroit.
Detroit (Mich.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The right tactic, time, and place
  • From black politics to grassroots protest
  • Making black activism matter
  • Black grassroots activism and accountability in Detroit, 1933-1993
  • Where are the people? : early black housing poverty and grassroots activism
  • Trading activism : the young regime and the context of black politics
  • Picking up spears : the timing and utility of renewed activism
  • Holding them responsible : community development activism
  • Now is the time! : public housing and anti-homelessness activism
  • Black grassroot activism after young and beyond Detroit, 1993-2005
  • A change is gonna come? : the Archer regime and housing politics beyond Detroit
  • More than a drop : the visions of black grassroots activism.