Mindy Thompson Fullilove: 3 books
Root Shock
How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Like a sequel to the prescient warnings of urbanist Jane Jacobs, Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove reveals the disturbing effects of decades of insensitive urban renewal projects on communities of color. For those whose homes and neighborhoods were bulldozed, the urban modernization projects that swept...
Urban Alchemy
Restoring Joy in America's Sorted-Out Cities
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
What if divided neighborhoods were causing public health problems? What if a new approach to planning and design could tackle both the built environment and collective well-being at the same time? What if cities could help each other?
Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, the acclaimed author of Root Shock,...
Homeboy Came to Orange
A Story of People's Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
The story of a union organizer who found a second career in community organizing and helped a Jim Crow city become a better place.
Ernest Thompson dedicated his life to organizing the powerless. This lively, illustrated personal narrative of his work shows the great contribution that people’s...