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Now Is the Time!: Detroit Black Politics and Grassroots Activism

Now Is the Time!: Detroit Black Politics and Grassroots Activism


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In Now Is the Time! Todd C. Shaw delves into the political strategies of post–Civil Rights Movement African American activists in Detroit, Michigan, to discover the conditions for effective social activism. Analyzing a wide range of grassroots community-housing initiatives intended to revitalize Detroit’s failing urban center and aid its impoverished population, he investigates why certain collective actions have far-reaching effects while others fail to yield positive results. What emerges is EBAM (Effective Black Activism Model), Shaw’s detailed political model that illuminates crucial elements of successful grassroots activism, such as strong alliances, strategic advantages, and adaptive techniques.

Shaw uses the tools of social movement analysis, including the quantitative analysis of budgets, electoral data, and housing statistics, as well as historical research and personal interviews, to better understand the dilemmas, innovations, and dynamics of grassroots activism. He begins with a history of discriminatory housing practices and racial divisions that deeply affected Detroit following the Second World War and set the stage for the election of the city’s first black mayor, Coleman Young. By emphasizing downtown redevelopment, Mayor Young’s administration often collided with low-income housing advocates. Only through grassroots activism were those advocates able to delay or derail governmental efforts to demolish low-income housing in order to make way for more upscale development. Shaw then looks at present-day public housing activism, assessing the mixed success of the nationally sponsored HOPE VI project aimed at fostering home ownership in low-income areas. Descriptive and prescriptive, Now Is the Time! traces the complicated legacy of community activism to illuminate what is required for grassroots activists to be effective in demanding public accountability to poor and marginalized citizens.



Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. The Right Tactic, Time, and Place 1
Part I. From Black Politics to Grassroots Protest
1. Making Black Activism Matter 13
Part II. Black Grassroots Activism and Accountability in Detroit, 1933–1993
2. Where are the People? Early Black Housing Poverty and Grassroots Activism 39
3. Trading Activism: The Young Regime and the Context of Black Politics 64
4. Picking Up Spears: The Timing and Utility of Renewed Activism 85
5. Holding Them Responsible: Community Development Activism 106
6. Now Is the Time!: Public Housing and Anti-Homelessness Activism 133
Part III. Black Grassroots Activism after Young and beyond Detroit, 1993–2005
7. A Change is Gonna Come? The Archer Regime and Housing Politics beyond Detroit 163
Epilogue. More than a Drop: The Visions of Black Grassroots Activism 191
Appendix 1 197
Appendix 2 201
Notes 209
Bibliography 245
Index 279

About the Author :

Todd Shaw is Assistant Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina.



Review :
"Now Is the Time! is a valuable and significant contribution to black and urban politics as well as social movement studies. Todd C. Shaw gives us a deep analysis and rich description of the conditions under which poor and marginalized people may make their voices heard. His interviews yield more than data--the words of the activists make us feel the tenor of the times, and help us understand what motivates activists as well as politicians to fix a problem. Anyone concerned about the conditions of our urban communities needs to read this book." Andrea Y. Simpson, author of The Tie That Binds: Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights Generation "What makes this book so significant is that it places African American politics within the context of grassroots organizing and local coalition building. Using the case of Detroit and focusing on the mayoralty of Coleman A. Young, Todd C. Shaw explores how grassroots groups have organized and mobilized around low-income and affordable housing. In particular, he examines the strategies that these groups developed during Young's long reign. This book is a must-read for those interested in racial politics, urban politics, and urban housing policy."--Marion Orr, editor of Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change "Shaw's text provides an important reminder of both the historical significance of Detroit and of the potential for marginalized citizens to collaborate in times of economic duress...Shaw's book leaves a textual legacy of those who actively engaged their communities and political leaders despite economic, gender, and racial divides."Stacia Kock Thirdspace


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780822345084
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Duke University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Sub Title: Detroit Black Politics and Grassroots Activism
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0822345080
  • Publisher Date: 25 Sep 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Weight: 480 gr


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