1st Edition
Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, DC
By Nelson F. Kofie
Copyright 1999
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999.This case study examines how low-income residents, community leaders, the Nation of Islam, and the police joined forces to close down an open air drug market. The research shows how a previously stable black community became severely destabilized and documents the efforts of community members to mobilize their neighbors around home ownership, tenant empowerment and jobs.... Read more
Chapter 1 African Americans and Urban Neighborhood Communities, Background and Overview, Empowerment of Low-Income Residents, Retrospective Overview, Chapter 2 Racial Segregation and Rise of Sun-Hope Neighborhood Community, The Community and Sunrise-Park Dwellings Civic Association, Park Dwellings Housing Project Residents, Sunrise Apartments, Hope Mansions, The Fall of Sun-Park-Hope Civic Association, Sun-Hope Community During the Study, Chapter 3 Social Class Segregation and Fall of the Sun-Hope Community, Ghettoization of Sun-Hope Neighborhood Community, Neighborhood Disorganization (1970-1990)
Biography
Nelson F. Kofie
