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Black Power/White Control - The Struggle of the Woodlawn Organization in Chicago (Hardcover)
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Black Power/White Control - The Struggle of the Woodlawn Organization in Chicago (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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The vital issue facing urban America during the 1960's--the
downward spiral of poverty, deterioration, and exploitation in poor
neighborhoods--was attacked by The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) in
Chicago. John Hall Fish, an active participant in TWO, tells the
story of one of the most exciting, controversial, and significant
experiments in community control. Founded in 1961 by a group of
clergymen, with tactical advice from Saul Alinsky, TWO grew to
become the major force for community development and
self-government in the Woodlawn area. The author traces TWO's
history as it struggled to achieve significant community control
over the problems that threatened the black inner-city community.
He concentrates on three controversial programs: the Youth Project
(involving the Blackstone Rangers), the Woodlawn Experimental
Schools project, and the Model Cities program. Although TWO
ultimately failed to overcome the entrenched opposition of city
agencies, its very survival, the author argues, is a measure of its
success. For as the cumbersome urban bureaucracies prove ever more
ineffective, it is the existence of organized and experienced
community organizations that will determine the possibility of
neighborhood rebirth and renewal. Originally published in 1973. The
Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology
to again make available previously out-of-print books from the
distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These
editions preserve the original texts of these important books while
presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The
goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access
to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books
published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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