The New African American Urban History Tamika Y. Nunley Dave Shively brings Gillet's remarkable

Dave Shively brings Gillet's remarkable story to life in this gripping narrative

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black political representation

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Sue Callan is an Associate Lecturer with the Open University

The New African American Urban History Tamika Y. Nunley Dave Shively brings Gillet's remarkableWhile earlier studies often portrayed African Americans as passive or powerless, as victims of white racism or slum pathologies, this book emphasizes new scholarship which conveys a sense of active involvement, of people empowered, engaged in struggle, living their lives in dignity and shaping their own futures. These ten essays written by prominent scholars, are synergetic in their common thematic approaches and interpretive analyses, with emphasis