Ebook: The Black Power Movement and American Social Work
Author: Bell Joyce Marie
- Tags: African American social workers, African American social workers--History--20th century, Black power, Black power--United States, Social service, Social service--United States--History--20th century, Social workers, Social workers--United States--History--20th century, History, African American social workers -- History -- 20th century, Black power -- United States, Social workers -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Social service -- United States -- History -- 20th century, United States
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: United States
- Language: English
- epub
The Black Power movement has often been portrayed in history and popular culture as the quintessential bad boy of modern black movement making in America. Yet this image misses the full extent of Black Power's contributions to U.S. society, especially in regard to black professionals in social work. Relying on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, this study follows two groups of black social workers in the 1960s and 1970s as they mobilized Black Power ideas, strategies, and tactics to change their national professional associations.
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