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Now is the time! : Detroit black politics and grassroots activism / Todd C. Shaw.

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Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.

Location	Call No.	Status	Notes
Undergraduate Library Storage	F 574 .D49 N48225 2009	CHECKED IN

Description	xii, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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? : early black housing poverty 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.
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.
	Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9780822344957 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0822344955 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780822345084 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0822345080 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC #	318100412

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