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Author Shaw, Todd Cameron.

Title Now is the time! : Detroit black politics and grassroots activism / Todd C. Shaw
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series E-Duke books scholarly collection
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? the early black housing crisis 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
Summary Examines African American grassroots activism in Detroit from 1973 to the present
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject African American political activists -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century
Community development -- Michigan -- Detroit
African Americans -- Housing -- Michigan -- Detroit
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
African American political activists.
African Americans -- Housing.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
Community development.
activisme -- Afro-Américain (peuple) -- politique -- Detroit (Etats-Unis) -- 1933 -- 21e s. (début)
Race relations.
Civil Rights Movement (Etats-Unis) -- Detroit (Etats-Unis)
SUBJECT Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject Michigan -- Detroit.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822390954
0822390957
1283064952
9781283064958