If there is no struggle there is no progress Black politics in twentieth-century Philadelphia / edited by James Wolfinger ; with a foreword by Heather Ann Thompson.

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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2021051886
ISBN9781439919262 (cloth)
ISBN9781439919279 (paperback)
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