Analysis Of Marcus Anthony Hunter's Black Philly After The Philadelphia Negro

In “Black Philly After the Philadelphia Negro” an empirical study by Marcus Anthony Hunter, Hunter mentions that the cause of urban decay in the Seventh Ward, a black neighborhood in Philadelphia, was due to residents pushing for housing reforms. Hunter explains in the text the unbearable living conditions black civilians went through but also what they did about it. In the text it states that the black residents had many issues like “extreme poverty and violence due to the centuries of prejudice” (Hunter).The residents also had sanitary issues because they lacked clean water and space. In addition Hunter talks about, a building where people lived in that was falling apart and as a result, many people decided to do something about it. In