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Author:

Mantler, Gordon Keith, 1972-

Title:

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

Publisher:

The University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.
Coalitions--United States--History--20th century.
Poverty--History--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--History--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Economic conditions--1961-1971.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-339) and index.

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.

Series:

Justice, power, and politics

ISBN:

0807838519 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807838518 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)809365661

LCCN:

2012031383

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)