Publisher's Synopsis
Saul Alinsky, according to Time Magazine in 1970, was a ""prophet of power to the people,"" someone who ""has possibly antagonized more people . . . than any other living American."" People Power introduces the major organizers who adopted and modified Alinsky's vision across the United States:
- Fred Ross, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the Community Service Organization and National Farm Workers Association
- Nicholas von Hoffman and the Woodlawn Organization
- Tom Gaudette and the Northwest Community Organization
- Ed Chambers, Richard Harmon, and the Industrial Areas Foundation
- Shel Trapp, Gale Cincotta, and National People's Action
- Heather Booth, Midwest Academy, and Citizen Action
- Wade Rathke and ACORN
