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Author Dowden-White, Priscilla A

Title Groping toward democracy : African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949 / Priscilla A. Dowden-White
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 300 pages) : illustrations, facsimile, portraits
Contents Vice lords, rousters, and public school men and women : the cultural inheritance of an organizing community -- "Democratizing the city, instead of just a city beautiful" : segregation, city planning, and the roots of interracial organizing -- "That movement which is active in making communities feel that the Negro is part and parcel of society as a whole" : social work, community organization, and the genesis of a civil rights agenda -- Teamwork for a better St. Louis : the framework of a social welfare organizing community -- In the white light of critical public opinion : health care, education, and the manipulation of public culture -- Not ice cream and cake-- must be something deeper : the neighborhood club and block unit movement -- Epilogue : "Negroes are-- disturbed these days and fighting for everything."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical reference (pages 261-291) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject African American social reformers -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Public welfare -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
Social service -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
Community organization -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
African American social reformers
African Americans -- Civil rights
African Americans -- Social conditions
Community organization
Public welfare
Race relations
Social conditions
Social policy
Social service
SUBJECT Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Race relations
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social policy
Subject Missouri -- Saint Louis
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826272263
0826272266
Other Titles African American social welfare reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949