Family Properties : Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America

by Satter, Beryl

• ISBN13: 9780805076769
• ISBN10: 080507676X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-17
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books

Summary

Part family story and part urban history, Satter's powerful work presents a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in post-Civil War Chicago--and cities across the nation.

Author Biography

Beryl Satter was raised in Chicago, Skokie, and Evanston, Illinois. A graduate of the Harvard Divinity School and the Yale American studies program, she is the author of Each Mind a Kingdom and the chair of the Department of History at Rutgers University in Newark. For her work in progress on Family Properties, Satter received a J. Anthony Lukas citation. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Story of My Father	p. 1
Jewish Lawndale	p. 17
The Noose around Black Chicago	p. 36
Justice in Chicago	p. 64
Reform-Illinois-Style	p. 100
The Liberal Moment and the Death of a Radical	p. 133
King in Chicago	p. 169
The Story of a Building	p. 215
Organizing Lawndale	p. 233
The Big Holdout	p. 272
The Federal Trials	p. 320
Conclusion	p. 372
Notes	p. 385
Acknowledgments	p. 471
Index	p. 475
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