Top Down : The Ford Foundation, Black Power, and the Reinvention of Racial Liberalism /

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The author explores the consequences of the counterintuitive and unequal relationship between the elite liberal Ford Foundation and Black power activists, arguing that codeveloped initiatives in education, community development, and the arts contributed to the recreation of racial liberalism in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferguson, Karen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ford Foundation.
Ford Foundation > History.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Liberalism.
Black power.
African Americans > Civil rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Liberalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Black power > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Liberalism > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Black power > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sizing Up The Urban Crisis. Modernizing Migrants ; The Social Development Solution
  • Transforming The Ghetto. Developmental Separatism and Community Control ; Black Power and the End of Community Action
  • Cultivating Leadership. Multiculturalism from Above ; The Best and the Brightest
  • Epilogue : The Diminishing Expectations of Racial Liberalism.

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