Battle for Bed-Stuy

Battle for Bed-Stuy
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 425
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ISBN-10 : 9780674545069
ISBN-13 : 0674545060
Rating : 4/5 (060 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Battle for Bed-Stuy by : Michael Woodsworth

Download or read book Battle for Bed-Stuy written by Michael Woodsworth and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America’s largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments.


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