Black Philly After The Philadelphia Negro. (February 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hunter, Marcus Anthony
• Is Part Of: Contexts. Volume 13:Number 1(2013:Winter)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2014-02
• Subjects: Marcus Anthony Hunter -- Matt Wray -- W. E. B. Du Bois -- New Deal -- Progressivism -- Black Philly -- The Philadelphia Negro -- Public housing -- Citymakers; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- United States -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 301.05
• DOI: 10.1177/1536504214522005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1536-5042

Abstract

Beginning where W. E. B. Du Bois's classic The Philadelphia Negro ends, sociologist Marcus Anthony Hunter considers the history of public housing in Philadelphia during the New Deal era. Focusing on black activism, black politics, and neighborhood change during the New Deal era, he shows that Black residents have long been citymakers, forces for progressive change