South Bronx Battles

Carolyn McLaughlin is a social worker who worked in the South Bronx for fifty years. For thirty-four years she led BronxWorks, which became a highly respected human service agency that helps 35,000 people a year. David Gómez is President of Hostos Community College in the South Bronx. 

List of Illustrations
Foreword
South Bronx Timeline
Map of South Bronx

1. The South Bronx: An Introduction
2. How the South Bronx Became the Poorest
Congressional District
3. Why the South Bronx Burned
4. People Fight Back: 1960s and 1970s
5. Progress, but Plagues Descend on the South
Bronx: 1980s
6. Not Yet Paradise, but We’ve Come a Long Way: 1990s
7. Many Faces of Success: 2000–2018
8. “The Bronx Was the Last Place”: Reflections
on Displacement and Gentrification
9. Lessons Learned
Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Notes
Interviews
Bibliography
Index