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Racial democracy and the black metropolis

by Smith, Preston H.

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Published by : University of Minnesota Press, (Minneapolis, Minn. :) Physical details: xix, 433 p.

Subject(s): African Americans -- Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. | Home ownership -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. | Electronic books.

Year: 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Black civic ideology and political economy in postwar Chicago -- Racial democracy and the case for public housing -- Black factions contesting public housing -- Fighting "negro clearance" : black elites and urban redevelopment policy -- From negro clearance to negro containment : displacement and relocation in a dual housing market -- Black redevelopment and negro conservation -- Racial violence and the crisis of black elite leadership -- From restrictive covenants to occupancy standards : class and racial democracy -- Selling the negro housing market -- Self-help and the black real estate industry -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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