Dignity of Resistance: Women Residents' Activism in Chicago Public Housing(Environment and Behavior)

Series: Environment and Behavior

This comprehensive case study chronicles the four decade history of Chicago's Wentworth Gardens public housing residents' grassroots activism. It explores why and how the African-American women residents creatively and effectively engaged in organizing efforts to resist increasing government disinvestment in public housing and the threat of demolition. Through the inspirational voices of the activ