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来源

JOURNAL OF URBAN HISTORY,Vol.43,Issue3,P.400-420

语言

英文

关键字

New York City; public housing; Black Freedom struggle; war on poverty; activist mothering

作者单位

[Juravich, Nick] Columbia Univ, New York, NY USA. [Juravich, Nick] Columbia Univ, Dept Hist, 413 Fayerweather Hall,MC 2527,1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027 USA. Juravich, N (reprint author), Columbia Univ, Dept Hist, 413 Fayerweather Hall,MC 2527,1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027 USA. E-Mail: naj2108@columbia.edu

摘要

In the 1960s, resident organizers in New York City brought demands for jobs, political power, and self-determination into public housing from local freedom struggles. Facing budget shortfalls and political hostility, the city's Housing Authority built alliances with these activists. The partnership programs they createdthe Tenant Patrol and the Residents Advisory Councilengaged thousands of residents in community programming, employment opportunities, and political activism. Resident organizing improved working-class neighborhoods, helped preserve public housing, and connected residents to broader struggles for social and economic justice. This article situates tenant organizing within histories of public housing, social movements, and antipoverty policy, and argues that these efforts helped to sustain and improve the lives of poor and working-class New Yorkers in an era of scarcity.