 | Top Down: The Ford Foundation, Black Power, and the Reinvention of Racial Liberalism Subjects: Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; ; Karen Ferguson explores the consequences of the counterintuitive and unequal relationship between the elite liberal Ford Foundation and black power activists, arguing that codeveloped initiatives in education, community development, and the arts contributed to the recreation of racial liberalism in the neo-conservative era and beyond. Karen Ferguson is Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University and author of Black Politics in New Deal Atlanta. |
