Racial Politics And Urban Planning : Gary, Indiana, 1980-1989 /

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When Richard G. Hatcher became the first black mayor of Gary, Indiana in 1967, the response of Gary's white businessmen was to move the entire downtown to the suburbs, thereby weakening the city core. Meanwhile, white business and institutional leaders in Atlanta, Detroit, and Newark worked wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Catlin, Robert A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hatcher, Richard G., > 1933-2019
Hatcher, Richard G., > 1933-2019.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
City planning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Urban & Land Use Planning.
City planning > Indiana > Gary.
Indiana > Gary.
Gary (Ind.) > Race relations > Political aspects.
Gary (Ind.) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:When Richard G. Hatcher became the first black mayor of Gary, Indiana in 1967, the response of Gary's white businessmen was to move the entire downtown to the suburbs, thereby weakening the city core. Meanwhile, white business and institutional leaders in Atlanta, Detroit, and Newark worked with black mayors heading those majority-black cities to rebuild their downtowns and neigh¬borhoods. Why not Gary?Robert A. Catlin, who served as Mayor Hatcher's planning advisor from 1982 to 1987, here analyzes the racial conflicts that tore Gary apart. He asserts that two types of majority-black cities ex.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813156958

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