TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carroll,Tamar W.
TI  - Mobilizing New York: AIDS, antipoverty, and feminist activism 
T2  - Gender and American culture
SN  - 9781469619903
AV  - HC108 .M635 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Chapel Hill, NC
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - ACT UP New York (Organization)
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Economic assistance, Domestic
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Feminism
KW  - AIDS activists
KW  - Business & Economics
KW  - Economic History
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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
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