- Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 300 p.) : ill., facsim., ports.
- Uniform Title
- Groping toward democracy (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Groping toward democracy (Online)
- African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical reference (p. 261-291) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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."
- LCCN
- 2012288638
- OCLC
- ssj0000646029
- Author
Dowden-White, Priscilla A.
- Title
Groping toward democracy [electronic resource] : 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.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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