African American Social Work Pioneers' Response to Need

Carlton-LaNey, Iris

doi:10.1093/sw/44.4.311

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“…Similarly, Collier-Thomas and Turner (1994) posited that African Americans ''developed a class structure that was primarily based on social differences'' and that the ''most important early indices of class were education and behavior rather than occupation, income and wealth'' (p. 8). When class privilege was acknowledged, social responsibility, mutual obligation, and social debt were simultaneously recognized (Carlton-LaNey, 1999;Shaw, 1996).…”

Section: Philadelphia and The Training Of A Social Workermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Importance of Place in the Life and Career of a Social Work Pioneer

Carlton-LaNey

2014

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This column explores the importance of place in the life of social work pioneer Hortense McClinton. McClinton's story is underscored by the centrality of place, especially her all-black hometown. McClinton's insights were garnered through interviews and unprecedented access to McClinton's personal archives. McClinton's words explicate the role place plays in shaping values, character, and behavior. Her story exemplifies strength and endurance during times when women and African Americans had staunchly circumscribed roles and limited access to social involvement and resources. This article illustrates the intersection of multiple factors that shaped her life, her career, and her contribution to social work.

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Section: Philadelphia and The Training Of A Social Workermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Importance of Place in the Life and Career of a Social Work Pioneer

Carlton-LaNey

2014

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“…(p. 575) The unifying factor in these definitions of community organization is a need for disorganized and isolated entities to come together to improve the Laing / African American Empowerment Organizing 649 living situations of a group of people. However, these definitions fail to incorporate issues of oppression, denial of access to resources, terrorism, and other factors historically faced by African Americans and other communities of color (Carlton-LaNey, 1999;Harding, 1981;Lasch-Quinn, 1993). Even Barker's 1995 Dictionary of Social Work definition of community organization fails to speak directly to issues of oppression and domination.…”

Section: African American Culture-based Organizing Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Universal Negro Improvement Association, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Black Panther Party

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2007

Journal of Black Studies

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This work examines the organizing models of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Black Panther Party. Literature on the work of each organization is examined to uncover the organizing theory underlying the efforts of each group. Components of Rothman's community-organizing analysis framework, including (a) social philosophy, (b) power perspective, (c) goals, (d) mobilization methods, and (e) change strategies, are used to analyze firstperson nonfiction and scholarly literature describing each movement. The analysis results in a five-component framework describing a theory of African American culture-based organizing, which includes (a) a definition of the target community, (b) a definition of community problems, (c) empowering oration, (d) antiracist hegemony focus, and (e) strategies that challenged existing power relationships. This article concludes with a discussion of the implications for conceptualizing community practice in African American communities, social work pedagogy, and future research.

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“…The founders continue to believe in the efficacy of the Center model, to maintain the vision of its possibilities, and to seek opportunities to struggle against the desolation of African American communities. Indeed, from the perspective of the year 2000, the Center model seems more critical than in 1979 (Carlton-LaNey, 1999).…”

Section: Model Assessment: From the 1990s To The Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…American social institutions have continued to socialize and legitimize the same interests those that are antithetical to oppressed communities. Powerlessness, social regression, and deterioration are even more evident as a theme in American society (Lynch & Brawley, 1983;Goldenberg, 1989;Solomon, 1976;Carlton-LaNey, 1999).…”

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confidence: 99%