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Conserving the Urban Environment: Hough Residents, Riots, and Rehabilitation, 1960-1980

Cox, Kyle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428054448

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2015, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, History.
On July 18th, 1966 the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland erupted in fire and protest. Explaining this episode, historians have focused on the socioeconomic and racial causes and consequences of urban riots. Few consider how minority and working class inner-city residents were environmental actors. By recognizing that the built environment is founded on ecological principles and natural materials, subjects like housing activism can be seen as acts of conservation. Before the Hough Riots, residents rated conserving and maintaining the built environment in their neighborhood as primary concerns. Responding to community needs in the aftermath of the riots, organizers like DeForest Brown and Christine Randles formed the Hough Area Development Corporation (HADC) to build, rehabilitate, and maintain quality housing in their neighborhood. Hough residents lacked power and support and Hough lost housing and population in the following decades, but residents there tried to ameliorate environmental inequalities to build a more lasting city.
Ted Steinberg (Advisor)
John Flores (Committee Member)
Peter Shulman (Committee Member)
42 p.
African Americans; American History; Conservation; Environmental Justice; History; Modern History

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  • Cox, K. (2015). Conserving the Urban Environment: Hough Residents, Riots, and Rehabilitation, 1960-1980 [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428054448

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cox, Kyle. Conserving the Urban Environment: Hough Residents, Riots, and Rehabilitation, 1960-1980. 2015. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428054448.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cox, Kyle. "Conserving the Urban Environment: Hough Residents, Riots, and Rehabilitation, 1960-1980." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1428054448

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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