03783nam 2200793Ia 450 991082573370332120240313140033.01-4696-0806-51-4696-0807-3(CKB)2670000000339894(EBL)1120505(OCoLC)830169776(SSID)ssj0000833920(PQKBManifestationID)11476965(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833920(PQKBWorkID)10937313(PQKB)10247539(StDuBDS)EDZ0000244398(Au-PeEL)EBL1120505(CaPaEBR)ebr10675911(CaONFJC)MIL929789(MiAaPQ)EBC1120505(EXLCZ)99267000000033989420120814d2013 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPower to the poor Black-Brown coalition and the fight for economic justice, 1960-1974 /Gordon K. Mantler1st ed.Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20131 online resource (377 p.)Justice, power, and politicsDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-2188-6 0-8078-3851-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-339) and index.Cover; Contents; Abbreviations in the Text; Introduction; 1 The "Rediscovery" of Poverty; 2 First Experiments; 3 War, Power, and the New Politics; 4 Poverty, Peace, and King's Challenge; 5 Race and Resurrection City; 6 Multiracial Efforts, Intra-racial Gains; 7 The Limits of Coalition; 8 Making the 1970's; Epilogue: Poverty, Coalition, and Identity Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.The Poor People's Campaign of 1968 has long been overshadowed by the assassination of its architect, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the political turmoil of that year. In a major reinterpretation of civil rights and Chicano movement history, Gordon K. Mantler demonstrates how King's unfinished crusade became the era's most high-profile attempt at multiracial collaboration and sheds light on the interdependent relationship between racial identity and political coalition among African Americans and Mexican Americans. Mantler argues that while the fight against poverty held great potential for...Justice, power, and politics.African AmericansEconomic conditions20th centuryCoalitionsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryEthnicityPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHispanic AmericansEconomic conditions20th centuryPolitical activistsUnited StatesBiographyPovertyPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centurySocial justiceUnited StatesHistory20th centurySocial movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions1961-1971United StatesRace relationsHistory20th centuryAfrican AmericansEconomic conditionsCoalitionsHistoryEthnicityPolitical aspectsHistoryHispanic AmericansEconomic conditionsPolitical activistsPovertyPolitical aspectsHistorySocial justiceHistorySocial movementsHistory305.800973305.800973Mantler Gordon Keith1972-1592824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825733703321Power to the poor3912667UNINA