AF AMER M5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sharon Pratt Kelly, Kurt Schmoke, Cory Booker
17 May 2018
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I. Brain Lotion (Documentary: Factory closings in Flint & “The Message” by Grandmaster
Flash and the Furious Five)
A. What is the message from the clips?
1. The difficulties of life for poor/working class people
2. poor white people as well in the documentary, these white people who
lost their jobs are politically black in that experience
3. the government isn’t doing anything or at least nothing effective
4. “wonder how I keep from going under”
5. the upper class and government really don’t understand (ex: Reagan)
B. What’s the “edge”?
1. The mental capacity, the limit of what you can take before you crash
2. A politically black place of being (not just culturally black)
C. What do the materials highlight about the post civil rights era and the
organization of black communities?
1. Even after the civil rights era, things don’t get much better especially poor
communities (most black communities were poorer), still living on the
edge
II. Black Mules in Charge
A. Between 1966-1979
1. 27 Black mayors elected/appointed
a) Richard Hatcher is the first elected black mayor in 1966
B. Between 1980-1989
1. 18 Black mayors elected/appointed
a) Harold Washington (Chicago 1983), James Sharp (Flint 1983), W.
Wilson Goode (Philly 1984), Kurt Schmoke (Baltimore 1988),
David Dinkins, Norm Rice
C. Between 1990-1999
1. 15 Black Mayors elected/appointed
a) W.W. Herenton, Sharon Pratt Kelly, Willie Brown, Lee P. Brown
D. Between 200-Present
1. >46 Black Mayors elected/appointed
a) Ron Oden, Cory Booker, Sam Jones, Kevin Johnson
III. (Black) Political Economics
A. Focus on the political infrastructure and political power within/of a city as
consequential for urban development
B. Focus on economic power brokers as consequential
C. Focus on the alliances and coalitions between and amongst the two worlds
D. Emphasis on competition within and across cities
IV. The Challenges for (Black) Urban America
A. Deindustrialization
B. Growth of the suburban periphery
C. Population re-shuffling/urban de-population
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Document Summary
Brain lotion (documentary: factory closings in flint & the message by grandmaster. Black mules in charge: between 1966-1979, 27 black mayors elected/appointed, richard hatcher is the first elected black mayor in 1966, between 1980-1989, 18 black mayors elected/appointed, harold washington (chicago 1983), james sharp (flint 1983), w. Wilson goode (philly 1984), kurt schmoke (baltimore 1988), David dinkins, norm rice: between 1990-1999, 15 black mayors elected/appointed, w. w. herenton, sharon pratt kelly, willie brown, lee p. brown, between 200-present, >46 black mayors elected/appointed, ron oden, cory booker, sam jones, kevin johnson. The challenges for (black) urban america: deindustrialization, growth of the suburban periphery, population re-shuffling/urban de-population, urban disinvestment, civil unrest/manufacturing flights, downtowns in disarray, gentrification (think of it as dispossession, from industry to service based economy and technology booms. Takeaways: (post civil rights movement) declines in urban investment, the flight of blue collar work, and internal processes of gentrification and urban growth impact.
