A movement without marches

Description:

In this bold interpretation of U.S. history, Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia's most impoverished neighborhoods into its welfare offices, courtrooms, public housing, schools, and hospitals, laying claim to an unprecedented array of government benefits and services. Levenstein uncovers the constraints that led women to public institutions, emphasizin.

subjects: African American women,  African Americans,  Biography,  Economic conditions,  History,  Political aspects,  Political aspects of Poverty,  Politics and government,  Poor women,  Poverty,  Race relations,  Social conditions,  Urban policy,  African americans, economic conditions,  United states, race relations,  Philadelphia (pa.), politics and government,  Philadelphia (pa.), economic conditions,  Philadelphia (pa.), history,  African americans, history,  African americans, pennsylvania, philadelphia,  Philadelphia (pa.), social conditions,  Poor, united states,  Women, social conditions,  African americans, biography,  Poverty, government policy

Places: Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia,  Philadelphia (Pa.)

Times: 20th century