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Contents

Foreword by Van Jones

Foreword by Paloma Pavel

Introduction

Origins

Inside the Universe

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

My Passion for Architectural History Ignited

Coming of Age in a Segregated City

CHAPTER 3

Moving to New York

Gaining a Sense of Place

Joining the Civil Rights Movement

The Message of Malcolm X

Corresponding with James Baldwin

Baldwin’s Letter to His Nephew

My Involvement in Civil Rights Struggles

Cultural and Political Inspirations

Michaux’s Bookstore

Learning about Ancient African History

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 and 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

Unearthing the Hidden Narrative of Race

The Place of Africans in Architectural History

Looking Back at Slavery in America

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

Tracking Innovations in Architecture and Planning

Family Matters

Hosting James Baldwin for a Month

Attempting to Introduce New Course Material

Professional Practice

The West Berkeley Redevelopment Project

Deindustrialization and Plant Closure Conversions

Collaborating with Architect Randall Fleming

CHAPTER 8

Crisis and Turning Point

Planning the Berkeley Waterfront Redesign

Fragmentation of the African American Community

A Crisis in My Career

My Moment of Truth

Places for Peace

PART TWO Finding a New Story

CHAPTER 9

A New Beginning

Connecting with the Environmental Movement

Inspired by the Universe Story

Telling the Story of African Americans

CHAPTER 10

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 11

The Landscape of Freedom

Abolition

Emancipation

The Hope of Reconstruction

New Methods of Forced Labor

The Black Agrarian Movement

African American Struggle for Economic Rights

The Great Migration

CHAPTER 12

The City at a Crossroads

The Racialization of Space

Suburban Sprawl and Inner-City Abandonment

The Kerner Commission Report

A Demographic Shift

The Sustainability Revolution

A New Vision for the City

CHAPTER 13

Forging A New Alliance Between the Environmentalists and Social Justice Activists

Joining Earth Island Institute

Positioning People of Color in the Environmental Movement

Creating the Urban Habitat Program

Appointment to the Berkeley Planning Commission

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 Institute

Forming the Social Equity Caucus

Leaving the Urban Habitat Program

A New Opportunity for Collaboration

Next Steps for the Urban Habitat Program

CHAPTER 14

Laying the Groundwork for a National Movement

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 the Ford Foundation

Grantmaking for the Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative

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

CHAPTER 15

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 for Social Equity 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

Notes

References

Additional Resources

Acknowledgments

Index