{"product_id":"dark-concrete-black-power-urbanism-and-the-american-metropolis-paperback","title":"Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKimberley Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDark Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is about how the Black Power movement reshaped urban politics in the United States--from expectations to practices.\u003c\/b\u003e Although the national and international dimensions of the Black Power movement are often focused on, Kimberley Johnson looks at the movement at the local level, highlighting Newark and East Orange, New Jersey, and Oakland and East Palo Alto, California, and three policy areas: housing, education, and policing. She examines how Black Power Urbanism had its own local meanings as it was defined by local activists, neighborhood residents, parents, tenants, and others who sought to repair cities and particularly black neighborhoods that were shattered due to urban renewal and highway construction, as well as ongoing political and economic disinvestment. \u003ci\u003eDark Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e depicts how local conditions influenced the emergence of the Black Power movement and, in turn, the ways in which these local movements reshaped urban politics, institutions, and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKimberley Johnson is Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. She is a political scientist whose work focuses on contemporary American politics, historical political development, and urban studies. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Reforming Jim Crow \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGoverning the American State\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 390\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756889268557,"sku":"9781501781834","price":90.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/LcUP2tK6Rj9781501781834.webp?v=1776754733","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/dark-concrete-black-power-urbanism-and-the-american-metropolis-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}