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If there is no struggle there is no progress : Black politics in twentieth-century Philadelphia

"An edited collection exploring the development of African American political engagement in Philadelphia and how Philadelphia has served as a critical site for Black politics over the last century"--

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Contributors: Wolfinger, James, (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.
Subjects and Genres:
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Politics and government > 20th century.
African Americans > Political activity > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 20th century.
African American political activists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Heather Ann Thompson
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / James Wolfinger
  • Old Philadelphians, the Great Migration, and the irony of progressive politics / Clem Harris
  • Building Black Philadelphia / David A. Canton
  • The Great Depression and World War II / Stanley Keith Arnold
  • Postwar Philadelphia / Abigail Perkiss
  • The 1960s and expanding ideas of Black rights / Clem Harris
  • African American politics in Frank Rizzo's Philadelphia / Timothy J. Lombardo
  • Taking political power / Alyssa Ribeiro
  • The insurgent nature of Black politics in contemporary Philadelphia / Stephen J. McGovern
  • Appendix: Philadelphia population, 1880-2019.

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