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An interracial movement of the poor [[electronic resource] ] : community organizing and the New Left in the 1960s / / Jennifer Frost



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Autore: Frost Jennifer <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: An interracial movement of the poor [[electronic resource] ] : community organizing and the New Left in the 1960s / / Jennifer Frost Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
Disciplina: 307.1/416/0973
Soggetto topico: Community development, Urban - United States
Soggetto non controllato: American
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Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 diverse
Titolo autorizzato: An interracial movement of the poor  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-2815-4
0-585-47934-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780226803321
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