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Power to the poor : Black-Brown coalition and the fight for economic justice, 1960-1974 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mantler, Gordon Keith, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Series:Justice, power, and politics.
Subjects:
African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Hispanic Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Coalitions > United States > History > 20th century.
Poverty > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Social movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Social justice > United States > History > 20th century.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Ethnicity > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 1961-1971.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The "Rediscovery" of Poverty
  • First Experiments
  • War, Power, and the New Politics
  • Poverty, Peace, and King's Challenge
  • Race and Resurrection City
  • Multiracial Efforts, Intra-racial Gains
  • The Limits of Coalition
  • Making the 1970s
  • Epilogue: Poverty, Coalition, and Identity Politics.