Mobilizing New York : AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism /
Tamar W. Carroll.
- First edition.
- Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Gender and American culture .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preface: making history -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- A cauldron within which new ideas can be tested out : MFY and the early war on poverty -- A grand cooker of a scene : MFY's outgrowths -- Everything then made sense : bridging the neighborhood and women's movements -- It was talking about my life : developing working-class feminism -- Turn anger, fear, grief into action : act up new york -- It saved my life : creating queer politics -- Epilogue: act up will be here again -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Examining three interconnected case studies, Tamar Carroll powerfully demonstrates the ability of grassroots community activism to bridge racial and cultural differences and effect social change. Drawing on a rich array of oral histories, archival records, newspapers, films, and photographs, Carroll shows how poor people transformed the antipoverty organisation Mobilization for Youth and shaped the subsequent War on Poverty.
9781469619903 9781469619897
ACT UP New York (Organization)--History--20th century.
Economic assistance, Domestic--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Feminism--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. AIDS activists--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. ACT UP New York (Organization)--History--20th century. AIDS activists--New York--History--New York (State)--20th century. Economic assistance, Domestic--New York--History--New York (State)--20th century. Feminism--New York--History--New York (State)--20th century. Business & Economics. Economic History.