An edition of Crossing the class and color lines (2000)

Crossing the Class and Color Lines

From Public Housing to White Suburbia

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An edition of Crossing the class and color lines (2000)

Crossing the Class and Color Lines

From Public Housing to White Suburbia

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"Thousands of low-income African-Americans, mostly women and children, began in 1976 to move out of Chicago's notorious public housing developments to its mostly white, middle-class suburbs.".

"They were part of the Gautreaux program, one of the largest court-ordered desegregation efforts in the country's history. Named for the Chicago activist Dorothy Gautreaux, the program formally ended in 1998, but is destined to play a vital role in national housing policy in years to come.

In this book, Leonard Rubinowitz and James Rosenbaum tell the story of this unique experiment in racial, social, and economic integration, and examine the factors involved in implementing and sustaining mobility-based programs." "Today, with vouchers replacing public housing, the Gautreaux success story with its strong legacy is the most valuable record of the possibilities for poor people to enhance their life chances by relocating to places where opportunities are greater."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
256

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Crossing the Class and Color Lines: From Public Housing to White Suburbia
May 15, 2000, University Of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press
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First Sentence

"When Harriet Tubman, the famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad, escaped from slavery to the North in 1849, she encountered a different reality than she had envisioned: I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming."

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Library of Congress
HD7288.92.U62C487, HD7288.92.U62 C487 2000, HD 7288.92 U62 C487 2000

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
256
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9895363M
ISBN 10
0226730891
ISBN 13
9780226730899
LCCN
99053847
OCLC/WorldCat
42690202
Goodreads
2151564

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