By Maya Wiley (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) How do we rebuild an entire region, rebuild our country, and make it healthier, increasing the economic, social and political well-being of all its residents? And why does it matter for the nation? These are questions posed by the story of Gulf Coast rebuilding and of the fight to recover New Orleans. To answer … [Read more...] about “Structural Racism and Rebuilding New Orleans” by Maya Wiley (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
Symposium Responses
“Forty Years of the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago” by Dick Simpson (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
By Dick Simpson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Forty years ago, the civil rights marches burst upon the scene in Chicago. Within a year, there was a summit agreement of sorts between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mayor Richard J. Daley. Many at the time saw the agreement as a sham and simply a way for Dr. King to leave town and take the movement other places … [Read more...] about “Forty Years of the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago” by Dick Simpson (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
“The End-the-Slums Movement” by Bernard Lafayette, Jr. (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
By Bernard LaFayette, Jr. (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Although the most well-publicized focus of the Chicago Freedom Movement was the Open Housing Campaign, a parallel “End-the-Slums” campaign raised the issue of housing and health in a combined research and advocacy campaign. This campaign focused on the condition of slum housing in the area, where … [Read more...] about “The End-the-Slums Movement” by Bernard Lafayette, Jr. (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
“Overall, Things Are Not Good” by Salim Muwakkil (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
By Salim Muwakkil (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Martin Luther King’s publicity-savvy Southern Christian Leadership Conference arrived in Chicago with a campaign to attack racial biases and improve the quality of life in the city’s notoriously squalid black ghettos. The SCLC-Coordinating Council of Community Organizations collaboration was particularly focused … [Read more...] about “Overall, Things Are Not Good” by Salim Muwakkil (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
“Katrina’s Blueprint for Ending Poverty” by Lance Hill (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
By Lance Hill (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) There is an old saying, “When you stumble, dig for gold.” When we encounter adversity, we seldom have the presence of mind to learn from it, although we generally learn more in life from our mistakes than from our successes. Hurricane Katrina was a monumental stumble that nearly landed us into an abyss. It scattered … [Read more...] about “Katrina’s Blueprint for Ending Poverty” by Lance Hill (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
