02942nam 22007334a 450 991081529770332120240516123749.00-8147-2815-40-585-47934-810.18574/nyu/9780814728154(CKB)111087027966296(EBL)865439(OCoLC)779828070(SSID)ssj0000182031(PQKBManifestationID)11169817(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182031(PQKBWorkID)10168316(PQKB)10542863(MiAaPQ)EBC865439(OCoLC)53466004(MdBmJHUP)muse10839(Au-PeEL)EBL865439(CaPaEBR)ebr10137158(DE-B1597)547843(DE-B1597)9780814728154(EXLCZ)9911108702796629620010518d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAn interracial movement of the poor[electronic resource] community organizing and the New Left in the 1960s /Jennifer Frost1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-2698-4 0-8147-2697-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- From campus to community -- Building a social movement -- Communities and constituents -- Organizing from the bottom up -- Strategic revisions -- Redefining goals -- Disbanding projects, gathering movements -- Conclusion.Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2002. Community organizing became an integral part of the activist repertoire of the New Left in the 1960's. Students for a Democratic Society, the organization that came to be seen as synonymous with the white New Left, began community organizing in 1963, hoping to build an interracial movement of the poor through which to demand social and political change. SDS sought nothing less than to abolish poverty and extend democratic participation in America. Over the next five years, organizers established a strong presence in numerous low-income, racially diverseCommunity development, UrbanUnited StatesCase studiesAmerican.campaign.community.first.full-fledged.history.innovative.most.organizing.post-war.what.Community development, Urban307.1/416/0973Frost Jennifer1961-1633104MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815297703321An interracial movement of the poor4050798UNINA