Description
Book SynopsisRetelling the story of the decades across the United States in New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, this book reveals how the War on Poverty cultivated black self-determination politics and demonstrates that federal, state, and local funds during this period bolstered economic, social, and educational institutions for black control.
Trade Review"Davies has re-created a series of nuanced, and often surprising, conversations that complicate our understanding of Black Power as an ideology and as a political movement. In so doing, he also offers a fresh perspective on inequality and exclusion in post- 1960s America." * American Historical Review *
"Scrupulously researched. . . . Davies lays out a blueprint for understanding what Black Power looked like and how it was co-opted and undermined by group identity politics and economic self-interest." * Journal of African American History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 * "A Mouthful of Civil Rights and an Empty Belly": The War on Poverty and the Fight for Racial Equality 2 * Community Development Corporations, Black Capitalism, and the Mainstreaming of Black Power 3 * Black Power and Battles over Education 4 * Black Mayors and Black Progress: The Limits of Black Political Power Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
