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Groping toward democracy : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949
- Title
- Groping toward democracy : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 / Priscilla A. Dowden-White.
- Author
- Dowden-White, Priscilla A.
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 300 p. : ill., facsim., ports.; 25 cm.
- Alternative Title
- African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949
- Subjects
- Social service > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 20th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) > Social conditions > 20th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) > Race relations
- African Americans > Civil rights > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 20th century
- Public welfare > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 20th century
- African American social reformers > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Missouri > Saint Louis > Social conditions > 20th century
- Community organization > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 20th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) > Social policy
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical reference (p. 261-291) and index.
- 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."
- Call Number
- Sc E 11-853
- ISBN
- 9780826219008
- 0826219004
- OCLC
- 610853416
- Author
- Dowden-White, Priscilla A.
- Title
- Groping toward democracy : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 / Priscilla A. Dowden-White.
- Imprint
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical reference (p. 261-291) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 11-853