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Battle for Bed-Stuy - The Long War on Poverty in New York City (Hardcover)
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Battle for Bed-Stuy - The Long War on Poverty in New York City (Hardcover)
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Half a century after the launch of the War on Poverty, its complex
origins remain obscure. Battle for Bed-Stuy reinterprets President
Lyndon Johnson's much-debated crusade from the perspective of its
foot soldiers in New York City, showing how 1960s antipoverty
programs were rooted in a rich local tradition of grassroots
activism and policy experiments. Bedford-Stuyvesant, a Brooklyn
neighborhood housing 400,000 mostly black, mostly poor residents,
was often labeled "America's largest ghetto." But in its elegant
brownstones lived a coterie of home-owning professionals who
campaigned to stem disorder and unify the community. Acting as
brokers between politicians and the street, Bed-Stuy's black middle
class worked with city officials in the 1950s and 1960s to craft
innovative responses to youth crime, physical decay, and capital
flight. These partnerships laid the groundwork for the federal
Community Action Program, the controversial centerpiece of the War
on Poverty. Later, Bed-Stuy activists teamed with Senator Robert
Kennedy to create America's first Community Development
Corporation, which pursued housing renewal and business investment.
Bed-Stuy's antipoverty initiatives brought hope amid dark days,
reinforced the social safety net, and democratized urban politics
by fostering citizen participation in government. They also
empowered women like Elsie Richardson and Shirley Chisholm, who
translated their experience as community organizers into leadership
positions. Yet, as Michael Woodsworth reveals, these new forms of
black political power, though exercised in the name of poor people,
often did more to benefit middle-class homeowners. Bed-Stuy today,
shaped by gentrification and displacement, reflects the paradoxical
legacies of midcentury reform.
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