Battle for Bed-Stuy

The Long War on Poverty in New York City

Nonfiction, History, Military, Americas, United States, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Michael Woodsworth ISBN: 9780674970427
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: June 6, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Michael Woodsworth
ISBN: 9780674970427
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: June 6, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

In the 1960s Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America’s largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments.

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In the 1960s Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America’s largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments.

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