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"The most segregated city in America" : city planning and civil rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980 / Charles E. Connerly.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Center BooksPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813935386
  • 0813935385
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Most segregated city in America".DDC classification:
  • 307.1/216/089960730761781 22
LOC classification:
  • F334.B69 N428 2005eb
Other classification:
  • MG 70968
Online resources:
Contents:
Big Mules and Bottom Rails in the Magic City -- Planning and Jim Crow -- Planning, Neighborhood Change, and Civil Rights -- "The Spirit of Racial Zoning" -- Urban Renewal and Highways -- Civil Rights and City Planning -- The African American Planning Tradition in Birmingham -- The Evolution of Black Neighborhood Empowerment.
Review: "Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the violent white-on-black bombings that occurred there in the 1960s, resulting in the city's nickname "Bombingham." What is less well known about Birmingham's racial history, however, is the extent to which early city planning decisions influenced and prompted the city's civil rights protests. The first book-length work to analyze this connection, "The Most Segregated City in America": City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980 uncovers the impact of Birmingham's urban planning decisions on its black communities and reveals how these decisions led directly to the civil rights movement."Summary: "Connerly effectively uses Birmingham's history as an example to argue the importance of recognizing the link that exists between city planning and civil rights. His demonstration of how Birmingham's race-based planning legacy led to the confrontations that culminated in the city's struggle for civil rights provides a fresh lens on the history and future of urban planning, and its relation to race."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-350) and index.

Big Mules and Bottom Rails in the Magic City -- Planning and Jim Crow -- Planning, Neighborhood Change, and Civil Rights -- "The Spirit of Racial Zoning" -- Urban Renewal and Highways -- Civil Rights and City Planning -- The African American Planning Tradition in Birmingham -- The Evolution of Black Neighborhood Empowerment.

"Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the violent white-on-black bombings that occurred there in the 1960s, resulting in the city's nickname "Bombingham." What is less well known about Birmingham's racial history, however, is the extent to which early city planning decisions influenced and prompted the city's civil rights protests. The first book-length work to analyze this connection, "The Most Segregated City in America": City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980 uncovers the impact of Birmingham's urban planning decisions on its black communities and reveals how these decisions led directly to the civil rights movement."

"Connerly effectively uses Birmingham's history as an example to argue the importance of recognizing the link that exists between city planning and civil rights. His demonstration of how Birmingham's race-based planning legacy led to the confrontations that culminated in the city's struggle for civil rights provides a fresh lens on the history and future of urban planning, and its relation to race."--Jacket

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