African American community development (with twelve case studies) : a plan for self-determination / William M. Harris, Sr. ; with a foreword by Sigmund C. Shipp and Jeffrey S. Lowe
Foreword by Sigmund C. Shipp and Jeffrey S. Lowe -- Community development : history and meaning -- African american presence in the nation's development -- Theoretical perspectives of community development -- Community development practices : case studies -- Roles for community development participants -- Implications for aAfrican American communities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
No academic book relates the formal process of bringing community development in the African American community. The focus of this book is to bring a fresh and needed perspective to Black and inner city communities that have suffered from lack of development and investment. The book offers a reasoned and demonstrated approach to the oppressed African American community as a means of self improvement in the hope of achieving self-reliance and independence for a better quality of life
