{"product_id":"jim-crow-from-the-harbor-john-r-tilghman-9781439927755","title":"Jim Crow from the Harbor: Black Freedom Struggle and Downtown Baltimore, 1945-1980","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do poor Black communities co-exist with downtown revitalization? How do Black social movements respond to urban renewal to ensure access to better housing and city spaces? John Tilghman investigates these interlocking questions in \u003ci\u003eJim Crow from the Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e. Looking at Baltimore, Maryland's redevelopment in the post-war era of deindustrialization and population decline through white flight, Tilghman tells the story of how Black activists clashed with urban regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTilghman follows the money--redevelopment profits--which created tensions that prompted anti-freeway campaigns and affirmative action efforts. Through grassroots activism, protests, and community building, participants in the Black Freedom Struggle undermined downtown interests' efforts to reinforce racial segregation as well as other civil, political, and economic inequalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile their efforts met with both success and limitations, Tilghman emphasizes the strengths of this minority majority population as they strove for urban equality. \u003ci\u003eJim Crow from the Harbor\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new perspective that helps explain what has provoked today's struggles in Baltimore for Black Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the series \u003ci\u003eUrban Life, Landscape, and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John R. Tilghman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439927758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439927755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"John R. Tilghman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874577297663,"sku":"9781439927755","price":99.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jim-crow-from-the-harbor-john-r-tilghman-9781439927755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}