Battle for Bed-Stuy
The Long War on Poverty in New York City
Nonfiction, History, Military, Americas, United States, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| 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.
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.
