A movement without marches : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia

A movement without marches : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia /

In this bold interpretation of U.S. history, Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled...

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Main Author: Levenstein, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2009
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Poor women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Poverty > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Urban policy > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
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