The Black Urban Community

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Gayle T. Tate, Lewis A. Randolph

      Pages 1-16

3. Origins, Protest and Black Community

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Civilization and Its Discontents: Black Life in the Eighteenth-Century Cities of British North America

      • Rhett Jones

      Pages 19-40

   3. Memories of Hayti: African American Community in Durham, North Carolina, 1890–1970

      • Oscar R. Williams

      Pages 41-48

   4. Discovering an African American Planning History

      • Joan Fitzgerald, William D. Howard

      Pages 49-55

   5. Historic Designation and the Preservation of Public Housing

      • Mittie Olion Chandler

      Pages 56-72

4. Urban Political Economy and Black Communities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Entering the New City as Men and Women, Not Mules

      • Jessica Gordon Nembhard

      Pages 75-100

   3. “Faces at the Bottom of the Well”:African American Poverty and the Postindustrial City at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

      • Frank Harold Wilson

      Pages 101-126

   4. African/Asian/Uptown/Downtown:An Exploration of African Trading Networks in New York City

      • Paul Stoller

      Pages 127-143

   5. Globalization, Cities, and Racial Inequality: Don’t Believe the Hype

      • James B. Stewart

      Pages 144-164

5. Religion, Spirituality, and Faith

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. “The Pupil of the Eye:” African Americans and the Making of the American Community, 1898–2003

      • Richard W. Thomas

      Pages 167-192

   3. Varieties of Spiritual Experience: Magic, Occultism, and Alternative Supernatural Traditions among African Americans in the Cities, 1915–39

      • Yvonne P. Chireau

      Pages 193-203

   4. The Leadership of Reverend Robert L. Bradby and the Black Community in East Industrial Detroit

      • Julia Robinson Harmon

      Pages 204-224

6. Politics and Policies of Health Care, Disease, and Drugs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225

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   2. Drugs, Race, and State Power: The Urban Terrain

      • Rae Banks

      Pages 227-243

   3. Unsuspecting Women and the Dreaded Bisexual

      • Cathy J. Cohen

      Pages 244-267

   4. The War on Drugs and Welfare Policy:The Impact of Their Intersection on Black Women in Urban America

      • Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

      Pages 268-282

This book explores the many facets of black urban life from its genesis in the 18th century to the present time. With some historical background, the volume is primarily a contemporary critique, focusing on the major themes which have arisen and the challenges the confront African Americans as they create communities: political economy, religion and spirituality, health care, education, protest, and popular culture. The essays all examine the interplay between culture and politics, and the ways in which forms of cultural expression and political participation have changed over the past century to serve the needs of the black urban community. The collection closes with analysis of current struggles these communities face - joblessness, political discontent, frustrations with health care and urban schools - and the ways in which communities are responding to these challenges.

• community
• history
• modern history
• North America
• social science
• sociology
• United States of America
• urban studies

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