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Social Policy and the Welfare of Black Americans: From Rights to Resources
Charles V. Hamilton discusses the impact of the black political struggle on the development of social welfare policies.  His view is that "entitlement" has taken on a meaning not only of guaranteed "rights," but also of guarenteed "resources," the most important of which is employment.

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Challenging the Civil Rights Establishment: Profiles of a New Black Vanguard, Joseph G. Conti and Brad Stetson Reviewed by Charles V. Hamilton

The Dual Agenda of African American Organizations since the New Deal: Social Welfare Policies and Civil Rights, Dona Cooper Hamilton and Charles V. Hamilton

Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential Campaign: Challenge and Change in American Politics, Ronald Walters and Lucius J. Barker Reviewed by Charles V. Hamilton

Racial Formation in the United States from the 1960s to the 1980s, Michael Omi and Howard Winant Reviewed by Charles V. Hamilton

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