Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Preparing the Talented Tenth. The Weaver Family and the Black Elite 8
6. 2. Fighting for a Better Deal 31
7. 3. A Liberal Experiment. Race and Housing in the New Deal 53
8. 4. Creating a New Order. Black Politics in the New Deal Era 66
9. 5. World War II and Black Labor 88
10. 6. Chicago and the Science of Race Relations 116
11. 7. Searching for a Place to Call Home 135
12. 8. New York City and the Institutions of Liberal Reform 151
13. 9. The First Cabinet Job 171
14. 10. The Path to Power 193
15. 11. The Kennedy Years. A Reluctant New Frontier 211
16. 12. Fighting for Civil Rights from the Inside 233
17. 13. The Great Society and the City 246
18. 14. HUD, Robert Weaver, and the Ambiguities of Race 262
19. 15. Power and Its Limitations 279
20. 16. The Great Society, High and Low 301
21. 17. An Elder Statesman in a Period of Turmoil 325
22. Conclusion 347
23. Abbreviations Used in Notes 353
24. Notes 357
25. Figure Credits 419
26. Index 421