The Black Power Movement and American Social Work /

The Black Power Movement and American Social Work / / Joyce Bell.

The Black Power movement has often been portrayed in history and popular culture as the quintessential "bad boy" of modern black movement-making in America. Yet this impression misses the full extent of Black Power's contributions to U.S. society, especially in regard to black profess...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Bell, Joyce,
MitwirkendeR:
Ogbar, Jeffrey O. G.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; ‹B›Charts: ‹/B›2,, ‹B›Figures: ‹/B›2.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Race, Resistance, and the Civil Sphere
  • 2. Re-envisioning Black Power
  • 3. Black Power Professionals
  • 4. "A Nice Social Tea Party": The Rocky Relationship Between Social Work and Black Liberation
  • 5. "We Stand Before You, Not as a Separatist Body": The Techni-Culture Movement to Gain Voice in the National Federation of Settlements
  • 6. "We'll Build Our Own Thing": The Exit Strategy of the National Association of Black Social Workers
  • 7. Exit and Voice in Intra-Organizational Social Movements
  • 8. Conclusion: Institutionalizing Black Power
  • Appendix 1: Methods
  • Appendix 2: Founding Dates of Black Professional Associations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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