Urban Planning and the African-American Community

Introduction - June Manning Thomas and Marsha Ritzdorf PART ONE: ZONING AND REAL ESTATE The Racial Origins of Zoning in American Cities - Christopher Silver Locked Out of Paradise - Marsha Ritzdorf Contemporary Exclusionary Zoning, the Supreme Court, and African-Americans, 1970-Present The Second Ghetto and the `Infiltration Theory' in Urban Real Estate, 1940-60 - Raymond A Mohl Family Values, Municipal Zoning, and African-American Family Life - Marsha Ritzdorf PART TWO: PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY The Persistence of Racial Isolation - Yale Rabin The Role of Government Action and Inaction Urban Planning, Equity Planning, and Racial Justice - Norman Krumholz Gary, Indiana - Robert Catlin Planning, Race, and Ethnicity Model Cities Revisited - June Manning Thomas Issues of Race and Empowerment PART THREE: AFRICAN-AMERICAN INITIATIVES AND RESPONSES Charlotta A Bass, The California Eagle, and Black Settlement in Los Angeles - Jacqueline Leavitt Winning Some Battles but Losing the War? Blacks and Urban Renewal in Greensboro, NC, 1953-1965 - Sigmund C Shipp The Roots and Origins of African-American Planning in Birmingham, Alabama - Charles E Connerly and Bobby Wilson Urban Environmentalism and Race - Robert W Collin and Robin Morris Collin PART FOUR: PLANNING EDUCATION The Status of Planning Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Siddhartha Sen The Case of Morgan State University Coming Together - June Manning Thomas Unified Diversity for Social Action PART FIVE: EXCERPTS FROM SELECTED PLANNING-RELATED DOCUMENTS