Democracy's capital : black political power in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s

著者

• Pearlman, Lauren

書誌事項

Democracy's capital : black political power in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s

Lauren Pearlman

（Justice, power, and politics）

University of North Carolina Press, c2019

• : pbk

注記

Summary: "From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of 'the land of the free'--lacked democratically elected city leadership. Fed up with governance dictated by white stakeholders, federal officials, and unelected representatives, local D.C. activists catalyzed a new phase of the fight for home rule. Amid the upheavals of the 1960s, they gave expression to the frustrations of black residents and wrestled for control of their city. Bringing together histories of the carceral and welfare states, as well as the civil rights and Black Power movements, Lauren Elizabeth Pearlman narrates this struggle for self-determination in the nation's capital. She captures the transition from black protest to black political power under the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations and against the backdrop of local battles over the War on Poverty and the War on Crime"--Provided by publisher

Bibliography: p. [303]-321

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

From its 1790 founding until 1974, Washington, D.C.--capital of "the land of the free--lacked democratically elected city leadership. Fed up with governance dictated by white stakeholders, federal officials, and unelected representatives, local D.C. activists catalyzed a new phase of the fight for home rule. Amid the upheavals of the 1960s, they gave expression to the frustrations of black residents and wrestled for control of their city. Bringing together histories of the carceral and welfare states, as well as the civil rights and Black Power movements, Lauren Elizabeth Pearlman narrates this struggle for self-determination in the nation's capital. She captures the transition from black protest to black political power under the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations and against the backdrop of local battles over the War on Poverty and the War on Crime. Through intense clashes over funds and programming, Washington residents pushed for greater participatory democracy and community control. However, the anticrime apparatus built by the Johnson and Nixon administrations curbed efforts to achieve true home rule. As Pearlman reveals, this conflict laid the foundation for the next fifty years of D.C. governance, connecting issues of civil rights, law and order, and urban renewal.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC06947924
• ISBN:
  • 9781469653907
• LCCN: 2019019895
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Chapel Hill
• ページ数/冊数: 337 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : F200
  • DC23 : 305.8009753
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
  • LCSH : African Americans -- Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations -- Political aspects
  • LCSH : Representative government and representation -- Washington (D.C.)
  • LCSH : Poor People's Campaign
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB12973852