Knocking on the Door: The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the SuburbsPrinceton University Press, 2010 M11 16 - 256 pages Knocking on the Door is the first book-length work to analyze federal involvement in residential segregation from Reconstruction to the present. Providing a particularly detailed analysis of the period 1968 to 1973, the book examines how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) attempted to forge elementary changes in segregated residential patterns by opening up the suburbs to groups historically excluded for racial or economic reasons. The door did not shut completely on this possibility until President Richard Nixon took the drastic step of freezing all federal housing funds in January 1973. Knocking on the Door assesses this near-miss in political history, exploring how HUD came surprisingly close to implementing rigorous antidiscrimination policies, and why the agency's efforts were derailed by Nixon. |
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The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs Christopher Bonastia. KNOCKING ON THE DOOR The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs CHRISTOPHER BONASTIA KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. Front Cover.
The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs Christopher Bonastia. CONTENTS. Preface ix List of ... suburban New Jersey, I was struck.
The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs Christopher Bonastia. PREFACE. GROWING UP in suburban New Jersey, I was struck by the odd contours of racial segregation that I encountered. In the halls of my high school, you ...
The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs Christopher Bonastia. segregation is a difficult problem to address , but not because it is beyond the government's purview . To the contrary , one important reason that ...
... suburbs " to groups historically excluded for racial or economic reasons . The door did not shut completely on this pos- sibility until Nixon took the drastic step of freezing all federal housing funds in January 1973. Knocking on the ...
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