{"product_id":"mainstreaming-black-power-9780520292116","title":"Mainstreaming Black Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetelling 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  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","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402888618327,"sku":"9780520292116","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520292116.jpg?v=1730481781","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mainstreaming-black-power-9780520292116","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}