Knocking on the Door : The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs.

By: Bonastia, ChristopherMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (213 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400827251Subject(s): Affirmative action programs -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Discrimination in housing -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Discrimination in housing -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Housing policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Suburbs -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Knocking on the Door : The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the SuburbsDDC classification: 363.5560973 LOC classification: HD7288.76.U5B66 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED GOVERNMENT AGEN -- CHAPTER ONE Residential Segregation -- CHAPTER TWO The Divergence of Civil Rights Policies in Housing -- CHAPTER THREE The Federal Government and Residential Segregation -- CHAPTER FOUR Conviction and Controversy -- CHAPTER FIVE Indirect Attack -- CHAPTER SIX The Recent Past, Present, and Future of Residentia -- ABBREVIATIONS FOR NOTES -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED.
Summary: 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.Christopher Bonastia shows how the Nixon years were ripe for federal action to foster residential desegregation. The period was marked by new legislative protections against housing discrimination, unprecedented federal involvement in housing construction, and frequent judicial backing for the actions of civil rights agencies.By comparing housing desegregation policies to civil rights enforcement in employment and education, Bonastia offers an unrivaled account of why civil rights policies diverge so sharply in their ambition and effectiveness.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS FOR FREQUENTLY CITED GOVERNMENT AGEN -- CHAPTER ONE Residential Segregation -- CHAPTER TWO The Divergence of Civil Rights Policies in Housing -- CHAPTER THREE The Federal Government and Residential Segregation -- CHAPTER FOUR Conviction and Controversy -- CHAPTER FIVE Indirect Attack -- CHAPTER SIX The Recent Past, Present, and Future of Residentia -- ABBREVIATIONS FOR NOTES -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED.

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.Christopher Bonastia shows how the Nixon years were ripe for federal action to foster residential desegregation. The period was marked by new legislative protections against housing discrimination, unprecedented federal involvement in housing construction, and frequent judicial backing for the actions of civil rights agencies.By comparing housing desegregation policies to civil rights enforcement in employment and education, Bonastia offers an unrivaled account of why civil rights policies diverge so sharply in their ambition and effectiveness.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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