{"product_id":"storming-caesars-palace-revised-updated-how-black-mothers-fought-their-own-war-on-poverty-paperback","title":"Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnelise Orleck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the PBS documentary premiering March 2023\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the revolutionary Black women welfare organizers of Las Vegas who spearheaded an evergreen, radical revisioning of American economic justice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis timely reissue tells the little-known story of a pioneering group of Black mothers who built one of this country's most successful antipoverty programs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStorming Caesars Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, Annelise Orleck brings into focus the hidden figures of a trailblazing movement who proved that poor mothers are the real experts on poverty, providing job training, libraries, medical access, daycare centers and housing to the poor in Las Vegas throughout the 1970s. Orleck introduces Ruby Duncan, a sharecropper turned White House advisor who led the charge on the long war on poverty waged against the poor Black mothers of Las Vegas. According to Ruby, \"Poor women must dream their highest dreams and never stop,\" and she, with the help of Mary Wesley and Alversa Beals, did exactly that. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A vivid retelling of an overlooked American history, Orleck follows the Black women who went on to lead a revolutionary movement against welfare injustice. These women eventually founded Operation Life, one of the first women-led community organizations in the nation and one of the country's most successful antipoverty programs. They went on to gain national traction and garnered the respect of key political figures such as Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a new prologue and epilogue that explore the race and labor movements paramount to the political climate of 2021, Orleck masterfully blends together history, social analysis, and personal storytelling in a story that is as enraging as it is empowering.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnelise Orleck\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor at Dartmouth College where she focuses on history, American radicalism, race studies and women's, gender, and sexuality studies. She is the author of several books, including: \u003ci\u003eRethinking American Women's Activism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStorming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working Class Politics in the U.S.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Thetford Center, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42171014512775,"sku":"9780807007976","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/09cf163bff4adffe6c31b3afff43cf5b.webp?v=1733352468","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/storming-caesars-palace-revised-updated-how-black-mothers-fought-their-own-war-on-poverty-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}