Paul R. Mullins
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- September 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780813066714
- eISBN:
- 9780813058894
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813066714.003.0005
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter examines the racial displacement that was at the heart of post-World War II urban renewal in the United States and the landscape it has left behind in the twenty-first-century city. The ...
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This chapter examines the racial displacement that was at the heart of post-World War II urban renewal in the United States and the landscape it has left behind in the twenty-first-century city. The African American heritage that was effaced by scores of post-war projects throughout the country has now become part of many contemporary urban renewal fantasies. The chapter examines the ways African American displacement and gentrification was ideologically rationalized from the late nineteenth century onward, underscoring how extensively effaced African American cities now figure in contemporary development projects that leverage African American historicity in new bids to plan twenty-first-century urban places.Less
This chapter examines the racial displacement that was at the heart of post-World War II urban renewal in the United States and the landscape it has left behind in the twenty-first-century city. The African American heritage that was effaced by scores of post-war projects throughout the country has now become part of many contemporary urban renewal fantasies. The chapter examines the ways African American displacement and gentrification was ideologically rationalized from the late nineteenth century onward, underscoring how extensively effaced African American cities now figure in contemporary development projects that leverage African American historicity in new bids to plan twenty-first-century urban places.
Steven L. Isoardi
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520245914
- eISBN:
- 9780520932241
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520245914.003.0005
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
This chapter highlights the role of the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA) in the Watts uprising. It explains that the cultural resurgence and growing politicization of the community brought ...
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This chapter highlights the role of the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA) in the Watts uprising. It explains that the cultural resurgence and growing politicization of the community brought about by the uprising not only reinforced UGMA's purpose but also presented it with more tasks, more members, and a growing circle of supporters. Much of this was expressed in the association's music, particularly the first recording sessions (1968-69) which codified their work in the 1960s of preserving the African American heritage, pushing the boundaries of that music, and reflecting the concerns and issues of their community.Less
This chapter highlights the role of the Underground Musicians Association (UGMA) in the Watts uprising. It explains that the cultural resurgence and growing politicization of the community brought about by the uprising not only reinforced UGMA's purpose but also presented it with more tasks, more members, and a growing circle of supporters. Much of this was expressed in the association's music, particularly the first recording sessions (1968-69) which codified their work in the 1960s of preserving the African American heritage, pushing the boundaries of that music, and reflecting the concerns and issues of their community.
