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**Carl Anthony, //The Earth, the City and the Hidden Narrative of Race//**

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Paperback, 386 pages\\
[[http://www.newvillagepress.net/book/?GCOI=97660100341370|New Village Press]], 2017\\
ISBN: 1613320213

This work connects the logics behind slavery, community disinvestment, and environmental exploitation to address the most pressing issues of our time in a cohesive and foundational manner. Most books dealing with these topics and periods silo issues apart from one another, but this book contextualizes the connections between social movements and issues, providing tremendous insight into successful movement building. Anthony's rich narrative describes both being at the mercy of racism, urban disinvestment, and environmental injustice as well as fighting against these forces with a variety of strategies.

**Carl Anthony** is an architect, regional planner, and social justice leader. He is currently co-founder of the Breakthrough Communities Project and Visiting Professor at the UC Davis Center for Regional Change. Anthony is revered as the founder and former executive director of Urban Habitat, one of the country's oldest environmental justice organizations, known for pushing the mainstream environmental movement to confront issues of race and class.

**Contents**

ORIGINS\\ 
Lewie Taking Harlem Kids to See the Solar Eclipse\\ 
Third Grade with Mrs. Aikens\\ 
What Is Missing in the New Story?\\ 
The Story\\ 
A New Vision for the City

PART ONE: MY LIFE AND WORK

CHAPTER 1: GROWING UP IN A DYING CITY\\ 
Getting By in the City\\ 
Our New Neighborhood\\ 
Attending an Integrated Elementary School\\ 
My Passion for City Planning\\ 
Walking in the City\\ 
Driving While Black\\ 
Navigating Wonder and Shadow\\ 
Shame\\ 
Losing Hope\\ 
Attending Dobbins Vocational School\\ 
Leaving Home\\ 
First Exposure to the Segregated South

CHAPTER 2: FINDING MENTORS\\ 
Learning to Recognize Resources with Karl Linn\\ 
A New Appreciation of the Natural World\\ 
Building Neighborhood Commons\\ 
A Social Agenda in Architecture\\ 
Discovering James Baldwin\\ 
Encountering Lewis Mumford\\ 
Igniting My Passion for Architectural History\\ 
Coming of Age in a Segregated City

CHAPTER 3: MOVING TO NEW YORK CITY\\ 
Gaining a Sense of Place\\ 
Joining the Civil Rights Movement\\ 
Poised on the Racial Divide\\ 
The Message of Malcolm X\\ 
Corresponding with James Baldwin\\ 
Uncovering the Hidden Narrative of Race\\ 
My Involvement in Civil Rights Struggles\\ 
Cultural and Political Inspirations\\ 
Michaux's Bookstore\\ 
Learning about Ancient Africa\\ 
Family Changes\\ 
Meeting Jean\\ 
Joining the Community Design Movement\\ 
Creating a Neighborhood Commons in Harlem\\ 
Partnering with Jean\\ 
Civil Rights in the News\\ 
Poised on the Racial Divide

CHAPTER 4: COLUMBIA ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL\\ 
Professors and Curriculum\\ 
From the Studio to the Streets\\ 
Experimental Professional Projects\\ 
My Experience at Columbia: A Mixed Bag\\ 
Political Leadership in Architecture\\ 
Wrapping Up at Columbia\\ 
Growing Interest in African Settlements\\ 
After Graduation, Next Steps

CHAPTER 5: JOURNEY TO WEST AFRICA\\ 
Starting the Journey\\ 
A Beginner's Mind\\ 
Our Itinerary\\ 
Community Participation in Building\\ 
Cities of the Middle Niger\\ 
A Dogon Village\\ 
Anthropomorphic Layout of Dogon Buildings\\ 
The Rainy Season in West Africa\\ 
Insights about African Architecture and Human Settlements\\ 
Reflections on Our African Travels\\ 
Return to the States

CHAPTER 6: DISCOVERING THE HIDDEN NARRATIVE OF RACE\\ 
The Place of Africans in Architectural History\\ 
Looking Back at Slavery Times\\ 
The Plantation as Precursor to Industrialization\\ 
African Contributions to American Architecture\\ 
Social Dimensions of Plantation Architecture

CHAPTER 7: TEACHING, RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE\\ 
Moving to Berkeley\\ 
Teaching at UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design\\ 
Influential Urban-Planning Theoreticians\\ 
Tracking Innovations in Architecture and Planning\\ 
Family Matters\\ 
Hosting James Baldwin for a Month\\ 
Attempting to Introduce New Course Material on the Landscape of Freedom\\ 
Professional Practice\\ 
From Architecture to City Planning\\ 
Deindustrialization and Plant Closure Conversions\\ 
Finding Meaning in Work

PART TWO: FINDING A NEW STORY

CHAPTER 8: MY SEARCH FOR A LARGER STORY\\ 
Planning the Berkeley Waterfront Redesign\\ 
Fragmentation of the African American Community\\ 
My Moment of Truth\\ 
Places for Peace\\ 
Toward a New Story for African Americans\\ 
Telling the Story of African Americans

CHAPTER 9: DEEP TIME, SLAVERY, AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN ECONOMIC SYSTEM\\ 
Human History Begins in Africa\\ 
Ancient and Medieval African Cultures\\ 
Deconstructing Europe's Rise to Dominance\\ 
The Columbian Exchange and the Global Economy\\ 
Cities Shaped by the Atlantic Slave Trade\\ 
Slavery and the Modern Economic System

CHAPTER 10: THE LANDSCAPE OF FREEDOM\\ 
Abolition\\ 
Emancipation\\ 
The Hope of Reconstruction\\ 
New Methods of Forced Labor\\ 
The Black Agrarian Movement\\ 
The Great Migration

CHAPTER 11: THE CITY AT THE CROSSROADS\\ 
The Racialization of Space\\ 
Suburban Sprawl and Inner-city Abandonment\\ 
The Kerner Commission Report\\ 
A Demographic Shift\\ 
The Sustainability Revolution

PART THREE: SOLUTIONS

CHAPTER 12: FORGING A NEW ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS\\ 
Joining Earth Island Institute\\ 
Positioning People of Color in the Environmental Movement\\ 
Creating the Urban Habitat Program\\ 
Protecting Jobs and the Environment in West Berkeley\\ 
The Environmental Justice Movement\\ 
The Race, Poverty and the Environment Journal\\ 
Reaching Out to People-of-Color Communities\\ 
Understanding the Metropolitan Region\\ 
Transportation Justice\\ 
Military Base Conversions\\ 
Urban Habitat Leadership Institute\\ 
Revisiting Academia\\ 
Leaving Earth Island\\ 
Forming the Social Equity Caucus\\ 
Leaving Urban Habitat\\ 
A New Opportunity for Collaboration\\ 
Next Steps for the Urban Habitat Program

CHAPTER 13: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR REGIONAL EQUITY\\ 
Recruited by the Ford Foundation\\ 
Back to New York\\ 
Ford Foundation's Change of Direction\\ 
The Need for a Smart and Equitable Regional Perspective\\ 
A Culture of Collaboration at Ford\\ 
Grantmaking for the Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative (SMCI)\\ 
Philanthropic Organizations\\ 
Regional Equity Advocates\\ 
African Americans and Other Communities of Color\\ 
Regional Equity Demonstration Projects\\ 
Community Organizing Groups\\ 
Community Development Corporations (CDCs)\\ 
Organized Labor\\ 
Farm and School Alliance\\ 
Cities Facing Abandonment\\ 
Solidifying the Movement: Communications and the Learning Community\\ 
Urbanization as a Global Trend\\ 
Global Climate Change Comes Home\\ 
Concluding Thoughts

CHAPTER 14: PLANNING HEALTHY AND JUST COMMUNITIES FOR ALL IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL WARMING\\ 
Starting Breakthrough Communities\\ 
Next Steps\\ 
Organizing for Climate Justice in California\\ 
Political Opportunity, Mobilizing Structures, and Framing the Issues\\ 
Designing Healthy and Just Communities: the Six Wins Campaign\\ 
Ending Suburban Poverty\\ 
Community Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change\\ 
The Power of Cultural Work\\ 
Inspiring the Black Community\\ 
Concluding Thoughts

CONCLUSION: DISCOVERING NEW FOUNDATIONS FOR THE GREAT WORK OF OUR TIME
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