Groping toward democracy

Groping toward democracy: African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949

by Dowden-White, Priscilla A.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Groping toward democracy : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 / Priscilla A. Dowden-White.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xviii, 300 pages : : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780826219008, 0826219004
  • oclc:ocn610853416
  • LC Classification:F474.S29
  • Dewey Decimal:305.896/073077866

Table of Contents

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."

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Subjects

African American social reformers African American social reformers -- Hi… African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Civil rights -- 20… African Americans -- Social conditions African Americans -- Social conditions … Aide sociale -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.… Community organization Community organization -- History -- 20… History Missouri -- Saint Louis Noirs américains -- Conditions sociales… Noirs américains -- Droits -- 20e siècl… Organisation communautaire -- Histoire … Public welfare Public welfare -- History -- 20th centu… Race relations Réformateurs sociaux noirs américains -… Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Race relations Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social conditions …

Writers

Dowden-White, Priscilla A.

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