Full Description
How racism shapes urban spaces and how African Americans create vibrant communities that offer models for more equitable social arrangements
Contents
Introduction. "Race, Place, and Power" 1. The White Spatial Imaginary 36-76 2. The Black Spatial Imaginary 77-107 3. Space, Sports, and Spectatorship in St. Louis 108-144 4. The Crime The Wire Couldn't Name. Social Decay and Cynical Detachment in Baltimore 145-175 5. Horace Tapscott and the World Stage in Los Angeles 195- 225 6. John Biggers and Project Row Houses in Houston" 226-255 7. "Betye Saar's Los Angeles and Paule Marshall's Brooklyn" 256-293 8. "Something Left to Love. Lorraine Hansberry's Chicago" 294-324 9. New Orleans Today. We Know This Place 325-370 10. A Place Where Everybody Is Somebody 371-399 Acknowledgments Index
