THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

INNER cities; AFRICAN American social conditions; GENTRIFICATION -- Social aspects; POOR people; NEIGHBORHOODS -- History; SCHOLARLY method; DUNEIER, Mitchell; HISTORY; AFRICAN American history

The article discusses U.S. "ghettos" and the gentrification of poor African American neighborhoods from the 1930s through the early 21st century, including through referencing scholarship on these topics. An overview of the sociologist Mitchell Duneier's perspective is provided.