Making Good Neighbors: Civil Rights, Liberalism, and Integration in Postwar Philadelphia - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Abigail PerkissAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2017-03-31Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501713637ISBN-10:1501713639UPC:9781501713637Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Sociology, DiscriminationBook Topic:State & Local, UrbanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC347KMBR7
In the 1950s and 1960s, as the white residents, real estate agents, and municipal officials of many American cities fought to keep African Americans out of traditionally white neighborhoods, Philadelphia's West Mount Airy became one of the first neighborhoods in the nation where residents came together around a community-wide mission toward intentional integration. As West Mount Airy experienced...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cornell University PressISBN-13:9781501713637ISBN-10:1501713639UPC:9781501713637Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Sociology, DiscriminationBook Topic:State & Local, UrbanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC347KMBR7
Abigail Perkiss is Assistant Professor of History at Kean University and lives in West Mount Airy.
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