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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Coleman Young and Detroit Politics: From Social Activist to Power Broker

Coleman Young and Detroit Politics: From Social Activist to Power Broker

Rich, Wilbur C.

Paperback

Series: African American Life

Biographies GeneralPolitical BiographiesBlack American Studies

ISBN10: 0814353487
ISBN13: 9780814353486
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Sep 15 2026
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Back in print, the definitive biography of a powerful and fascinating political figure.

Coleman Young (1918-1997) was a Tuskegee Airman and the first Black mayor of Detroit, elected in 1973. Re-elected four times, he completed his final term in 1994. Young was a savvy, colorful, and convincing politician who integrated the police department and combatted the over-policing of Black people in the city. Young pushed for the revitalization of downtown, and he pioneered one of the nation's first major urban agriculture initiatives. He is revered by his constituents to this day, though he found fierce opponents within the predominantly white suburbs. Combining a biographical account of this powerful and fascinating political figure with in-depth political analysis, Wilbur C. Rich outlines the basic strategy underlying Young's approach to policymaking and traces the economic changes in the city before and after Young's rise to power. Rich examines Young's role in three key policy areas: affirmative action, economic redevelopment, and the city's fiscal crises.

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