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Groping toward democracy : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 / Priscilla A. Dowden-White.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 300 pages) : illustrations, facsimile, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826272263
  • 0826272266
Other title:
  • African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Groping toward democracy.DDC classification:
  • 977.8/66 23
LOC classification:
  • F474.S29 N433 2011eb
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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."
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Includes bibliographical reference (pages 261-291) and index.

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."

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