J. Phillip Thompson
Professor of Urban Politics and Urban Policy
Columbia University
at time of fellowship
1995 to 1996
J. Phillip Thompson, assistant professor of urban politics and urban policy at Barnard College, began work on a book that will trace the narrowing of the political scope of black politics and the limiting of black collective action that accompanied the election of black mayors in New York, Oakland, and Atlanta. He also completed a book chapter on urban community initiatives and shifting federal policy.