Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor [44.201.131.213] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 20:23 GMT) American Governance: Politics, Policy, and Public Law Series Editors: Richard Valelly, Pamela Brandwein, Marie Gottschalk, Christopher Howard A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. Civil Rights Advocacy on Behalf of the Poor Catherine M. Paden UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS PHILADELPHIA • OXFORD [44.201.131.213] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 20:23 GMT) Copyright 2011 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paden, Catherine M. Civil rights advocacy on behalf of the poor / Catherine M. Paden. p. cm. — (American governance, politics, policy, and public law) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8122-4297-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. African Americans—Civil rights—Societies, etc.—History—20th century. 2. Social advocacy—United States—History—20th century. 3. Civil rights movements—United States—History—20th century. 4. Poor—United States—History—20th century. 5. Poor African Americans—History—20th century. I. Title. E185.615.P26 2011 323.1196⬘073—dc22 2010018011 ...