"The most segregated city in America"; city planning and civil rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980.0813923344 "The most segregated city in America"; city planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. and civil rights in Birmingham, 1920-1980. Connerly, Charles E. U. of Virginia Press 2005 360 pages $45.00 Hardcover F334 The title quotes Martin Luther King Jr.'s characterization A rather long and fancy word for analyzing a system or process and measuring its "characteristics." For example, a Web characterization would yield the number of current sites on the Web, types of sites, annual growth, etc. of Birmingham, where the advent of formal city planning in 1920 institutionalized in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es 1. a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to. b. racial zoning and the impact of such city planning continued until the capture of government by the black majority in 1979. In this study, Connerly (urban and regional planning regional planning: see city planning. , Florida State U.) describes black protest against racial zoning, the use of federal urban renewal and interstate highway Noun 1. interstate highway - one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States interstate highway, main road - a major road for any form of motor transport programs to develop black neighborhoods to the advantage of Birmingham's white community, city planners' failed attempts to merge the city with its white suburbs in response to a growing black population and the intensive civil rights era of the 1960s, and the role of the black community and civic associations in obtaining a measure of influence over key planning decisions in the 1970s. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion