Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the CityUniversity of Chicago Press, 2 kwi 2010 - 400 In Black on the Block, Mary Pattillo—a Newsweek Woman of the 21st Century—uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago’s North Kenwood–Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America. There was a time when North Kenwood–Oakland was plagued by gangs, drugs, violence, and the font of poverty from which they sprang. But in the late 1980s, activists rose up to tackle the social problems that had plagued the area for decades. Black on the Block tells the remarkable story of how these residents laid the groundwork for a revitalized and self-consciously black neighborhood that continues to flourish today. But theirs is not a tale of easy consensus and political unity, and here Pattillo teases out the divergent class interests that have come to define black communities like North Kenwood–Oakland. She explores the often heated battles between haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and newcomers and old-timers as they clash over the social implications of gentrification. Along the way, Pattillo highlights the conflicted but crucial role that middle-class blacks play in transforming such districts as they negotiate between established centers of white economic and political power and the needs of their less fortunate black neighbors. “A century from now, when today's sociologists and journalists are dust and their books are too, those who want to understand what the hell happened to Chicago will be finding the answer in this one.”—Chicago Reader “To see how diversity creates strange and sometimes awkward bedfellows . . . turn to Mary Pattillo's Black on the Block.”—Boston Globe |
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... revitalization 263 32. Homicides for Chicago and 21st police district, 1990–2005 33. Index crimes for Chicago and 21st police district, 1990–2005 Table 269 269 Demographic changes in North Kenwood– Oakland, 1990–2000 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...
... revitalization 263 32. Homicides for Chicago and 21st police district, 1990–2005 33. Index crimes for Chicago and 21st police district, 1990–2005 Table 269 269 Demographic changes in North Kenwood– Oakland, 1990–2000 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...
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... revitalized, self- consciously black community. As a student of Chicago, of cities, and of black politics and social life, I was drawn to the transformation of North Kenwood– Oakland. In 1998, I became one of those new residents and ...
... revitalized, self- consciously black community. As a student of Chicago, of cities, and of black politics and social life, I was drawn to the transformation of North Kenwood– Oakland. In 1998, I became one of those new residents and ...
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... revitalization efforts.8 Shirley Newsome and her husband Howard Newsome also worked to organize block clubs, and made key contacts with representatives of the University of Chicago, members of the Hyde Park– Kenwood Conservation ...
... revitalization efforts.8 Shirley Newsome and her husband Howard Newsome also worked to organize block clubs, and made key contacts with representatives of the University of Chicago, members of the Hyde Park– Kenwood Conservation ...
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... revitalization,” “conservation,” and “gentrification,” when speaking of entire neigh- borhoods. But the ghost of urban renewal is always present. “After all,” anthropologist Arlene Dávila notes, “gentrification—whether called re- newal ...
... revitalization,” “conservation,” and “gentrification,” when speaking of entire neigh- borhoods. But the ghost of urban renewal is always present. “After all,” anthropologist Arlene Dávila notes, “gentrification—whether called re- newal ...
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... revitalization ef- forts in Chicago and the funder of my research. I also placed a graduate research assistant at Chicago's ... revitalizing the neighborhood. Many of the quotes in this book are from transcriptions of the in- terviews I ...
... revitalization ef- forts in Chicago and the funder of my research. I also placed a graduate research assistant at Chicago's ... revitalizing the neighborhood. Many of the quotes in this book are from transcriptions of the in- terviews I ...
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2 The Black Bourgeoisie Meets the Truly Disadvantaged | 81 |
3 White Power Black Brokers | 113 |
4 Remedies to Educational Malpractice | 149 |
5 The Case against Public Housing | 181 |
6 The Case for Public Housing | 217 |
7 Avenging Violence with Violence | 259 |
Conclusion | 297 |
Notes | 309 |
References | 349 |
Index | 371 |
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