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Social change and the empowerment of the poor : poverty representation in Milwaukee's community action programs, 1964-1972
- Title
- Social change and the empowerment of the poor : poverty representation in Milwaukee's community action programs, 1964-1972 / Mark Edward Braun.
- Author
- Braun, Mark Edward.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2001.
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- Description
- xiii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in modern American history
- Uniform Title
- Studies in modern American history.
- Subjects
- Community welfare councils > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History
- Community development, Urban > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History
- Poor > Political activity > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History
- Milwaukee (Wis.) > Politics and government
- Social change > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History
- Community Action Program (U.S.)
- Human services > Wisconsin > Milwaukee > History
- Milwaukee (Wis.) > Social conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-240) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The City of Milwaukee before Poverty Representation. 1. A Short History of Milwaukee and the Birth of the Social Development Commission. 2. Racial Tensions and the Police in Milwaukee's Low-Income Community. 3. The Struggle for Poverty Representation on the Social Development Commission's Board of Directors and Community Action Programs -- Pt. 2. Community Action Programs and the Social Development Commission Following Poverty Representation. 4. New Leadership at the SDC Board and the Empowerment of the CAP Resident Council. 5. Empowerment of the Poor by Providing Multiple Services: The Inner City Development Project. 6. Empowerment of the Poor through Confrontation: The Organization of Organizations -- Pt. 3. The Diversity of People Served by Milwaukee's Community Action Programs. 7. Empowerment of the Poor by the Provision of Legal Services: The Milwaukee Plan Legal Services versus Freedom Through Equality.
- 8. Empowerment of Mexicans via Financial Services: El Centro Credit Union. 9. Empowerment of Low-Income Senior Citizens: Project Involve.
- ISBN
- 0739101994 (alk. pap.)
- OCLC
- ocm46840000
- SCSB-4123118
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries