| Description |
1 online resource (x, 433 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preparing the Talented Tenth: The Weaver Family and the Black Elite -- Fighting for a Better Deal -- A Liberal Experiment: Race and Housing in the New Deal -- Creating a New Order: Black Politics in the New Deal Era -- World War II and Black Labor -- Chicago and the Science of Race Relations -- Searching for a Place to Call Home -- New York City and the Institutions of Liberal Reform -- The First Cabinet Job -- The Path to Power -- The Kennedy Years: A Reluctant New Frontier -- Fighting for Civil Rights from the Inside -- The Great Society and the City -- HUD, Robert Weaver, and the Ambiguities of Race -- Power and Its Limitations -- The Great Society, High and Low -- An Elder Statesman in a Period of Turmoil |
| Summary |
"From his role as FDR's "negro advisor" to his appointment, under Lyndon Johnson, as the first secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Robert Clifton Weaver was one of the most influential domestic policy makers and civil rights advocates of the twentieth century. This volume, the first biography of the first African American to hold a cabinet position in the federal government, rescues from obscurity the story of a man whose legacy continues to impact American race relations and the cities in which they largely play out."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-417) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997.
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Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997 fast |
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Weaver, Robert C. 1907-1997 gnd |
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United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Officials and employees -- Biography
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Bernard M. Baruch College -- Biography
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Bernard M. Baruch College fast |
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United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development fast |
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd |
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Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography
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African Americans -- Biography
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Urban policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century
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Cabinet officers -- New York (State) -- Biography
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African American college presidents -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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African American college presidents
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African Americans
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African Americans -- Government policy
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Cabinet officers
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Employees
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Urban policy
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Stadtentwicklung
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New York (State)
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United States
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Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226684505 |
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0226684504 |
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1282537911 |
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9781282537910 |
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9786612537912 |
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6612537914 |
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