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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461468803321

Autore

Dowden-White Priscilla A

Titolo

Groping toward democracy [[electronic resource] ] : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 / / Priscilla A. Dowden-White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8262-7226-6

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

305.896/073077866

Soggetti

Public welfare - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century

African Americans - Missouri - Saint Louis - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Vice lords, rousters, and public school men and women : the cultural inheritance of an organizing community -- "Democratizing the city, instead of just a city beautiful" : segregation, city planning, and the roots of interracial organizing -- "That movement which is active in making communities feel that the Negro is part and parcel of society as a whole" : social work, community organization, and the genesis of a civil rights agenda -- Teamwork for a better St. Louis : the framework of a social welfare organizing community -- In the white light of critical public opinion : health care, education, and the manipulation of public culture -- Not ice cream and cake-- must be something deeper : the neighborhood club and block unit movement -- Epilogue : "Negroes are-- disturbed these days and fighting for everything."