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Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, DC (Hardcover)
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Race, Class, and the Struggle for Neighborhood in Washington, DC (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in African American History and Culture
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This case study examines how low-income residents, community
leaders, the Nation of Islam, and the police joined forces to close
down an open air drug market. The research shows how a previously
stable black community became severely destabilized and documents
the efforts of community members to mobilize their neighbors around
home ownership, tenant empowerment and jobs.
Adopting a holistic perspective, the author examines tensions
between opportunities and constraints dictating the aspirations of
individuals, the historical factors influencing the course of
events in their community, and the agenda of various government and
private agencies. This three-year ethnographic study observed the
community's rejuvenation and the drastic reduction in drug-related
crimes, antagonism between the police and the Nation of Islam, and
the demise of the HUD funded tenants' home ownership
initiative.
(Ph.D. dissertation, George Washington University, 1996; revised
with new preface, introduction, bibliography, and index)
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