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The Most Segregated City in America: City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980

The Most Segregated City in America: City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980

Connerly, Charles E.
Center for American Places

Paperback

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesRegional: SouthUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0813934915
ISBN13: 9780813934914
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: Jul 4 2013
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.22
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

One of Planetizen's Top Ten Books of 2006

But for Birmingham, Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him, we would not be here today. Birmingham is well known for its civil rights history, particularly for the violent white-on-black bombings that occurred there in the 1960s, resulting in the city's nickname Bombingham. What is less well known about Birmingham's racial history, however, is the extent to which early city planning decisions influenced and prompted the city's civil rights protests. The first book-length work to analyze this connection, The Most Segregated City in America City Planning and Civil Rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980 uncovers the impact of Birmingham's urban planning decisions on its black communities and reveals how these decisions led directly to the civil rights movement.

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