The Politics of Public Housing

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"In this collective biography, Rhonda Y. Williams takes us behind, and beyond, politically expedient labels to provide an incisive and intimate portrait of poor black women in urban America. Drawing on dozens of interviews, Williams challenges the notion that low-income housing was a resounding failure that doomed three consecutive generations of postwar Americans to entrenched poverty. Instead, she recovers a history of grassroots activism, of political awakening, and of class mobility, all facilitated by the creation of affordable public housing. The stereotyping of black women, especially mothers, has obscured a complicated and nuanced reality too often warped by the political agendas of both the Left and the Right and has prevented an accurate understanding of the successes and failures of government antipoverty policy."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Low-income housing,  African American women,  Political activity,  Poor women,  Women heads of households,  Welfare recipients,  Public welfare,  Bénéficiaires,  Noires américaines,  Aide sociale,  Femmes chefs de famille,  Wohnungspolitik,  Pauvres,  Afro-amerikanska kvinnor,  Activité politique,  Armut,  Afro-amerikaner,  Kvinnofrågor,  Medborgarrättsrörelser,  Logement,  Femmes pauvres,  Politisches Handeln,  Weibliche Schwarze,  Poor, housing,  Baltimore (md.),  African americans, maryland,  Public welfare, united states,  Poor, united states