Human relations commissions : relieving racial tensions in the American city / Brian Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers.

"During the 1950s, amid increased attention to the problems facing cities-such as racial disparities in housing, education, and economic conditions; tense community-police relations; and underrepresentation of minority groups-local governments developed an interest in "human relations." In the wake...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calfano, Brian Robert, 1977- (Author)
Martinez-Ebers, Valerie (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Social problems > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Racism > United States.
HISTORY / Social History.
Civil rights.
Discrimination > Law and legislation.
Racism.
Social problems.
United States.
Physical Description:278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : too big a task?
  • Human relations commissions : creativity in constraint
  • The history of intergroup relations in America
  • Origins and development of organized human relations efforts
  • The humans who must relate
  • Experimenting with the dynamics of intergroup identity
  • Reporting and responding to community
  • Imagining human relations for the future.