Dark concrete : Black Power Urbanism and the American metropolis / Kimberley Johnson.
| Author/creator | Johnson, Kimberley S., 1966- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2025. |
| Description | xvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface. Making Black Power Urbanism -- Black cities : race, space, and urban political development -- Black Power Urbanism : imaginings, insurgencies and instantiations -- Newark : self-government is possible...let's do it together! -- East Orange : Black Power Urbanism in a model interracial suburb -- Oakland : organizing for survival -- East Palo Alto : building a Nairobi -- Conclusion. The rise and fall of Black Power governance. |
| Abstract | "Dark Concrete is about how the Black Power movement reshaped urban politics in the United States - from our expectations to our practices. Although the national and international dimensions of the Black Power movement are often focused on, Kimberley Johnson looks at the movement at the local level, highlighting Newark and East Orange, New Jersey, and Oakland and East Palo Alto, California, and three policy areas: housing, education, and policing. She examines how Black Power Urbanism had its own local meanings as it was defined by local activists, neighborhood residents, parents, tenants, and others who sought to repair cities and particularly Black neighborhoods that were shattered due to urban renewal and highway construction, as well as ongoing political and economic disinvestment. Dark Concrete depicts how local conditions influenced the emergence of the Black Power movement and, in turn, the ways in which these local movements reshaped urban politics, institutions, and place" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Johnson, Kimberley S., 1966- Dark concrete Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2025 9781501781841 |
| LCCN | 2025009505 |
| ISBN | 9781501781827 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1501781820 |
| ISBN | 9781501781834 paperback |
| ISBN | 1501781839 |
| ISBN | epub |
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