ISBN:
9781439919262
,
9781439919279
Language:
English
Pages:
xiv, 243 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
23 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
909
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Schwarze
;
Politische Beteiligung
;
Aktivismus
;
Philadelphia, Pa.
;
African Americans / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia / Politics and government / 20th century
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African Americans / Political activity / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia / 20th century
;
African American political activists / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia / History / 20th century
;
Noirs américains / Pennsylvanie / Philadelphie / Politique et gouvernement / 20e siècle
;
Noirs américains / Activité politique / Pennsylvanie / Philadelphie / 20e siècle
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Activistes noirs américains / Pennsylvanie / Philadelphie / Histoire / 20e siècle
;
African American political activists
;
African Americans / Politics and government
;
Politics and government
;
Race relations
;
Philadelphia (Pa
;
Pennsylvania / Philadelphia
;
1900-1999
;
History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
"An edited collection exploring the development of African American political engagement in Philadelphia and how Philadelphia has served as a critical site for Black politics over the last century
Note:
Foreword / Heather Ann Thompson -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / James Wolfinger -- Old Philadelphians, the Great Migration, and the irony of progressive politics / Clem Harris -- Building Black Philadelphia / David A. Canton -- The Great Depression and World War II / Stanley Keith Arnold -- Postwar Philadelphia / Abigail Perkiss -- The 1960s and expanding ideas of Black rights / Clem Harris -- African American politics in Frank Rizzo's Philadelphia / Timothy J. Lombardo -- Taking political power / Alyssa Ribeiro -- The insurgent nature of Black politics in contemporary Philadelphia / Stephen J. McGovern -- Appendix: Philadelphia population, 1880-2019
