"A Diamond in the Rough" is a continuation of Timothy K. Fitzgerald’s trilogy
begun with "Wawona Brotherhood," outlining student activism during the
Vietnam War and his campus’ fight for racial equality.

In his second historical volume outlining the subsequent redevelopment
of downtown San Jose, the real-life characters of volume one enter mainstream
society in the ‘70s and ‘80s to fight urban renewal.

Fitzgerald and his friends join the working class of Silicon Valley to implement
low income housing and jobs for the working poor, assisting people
who lived in San Jose’s inner city for decades. The story follows Fitzgerald’s
efforts to represent district residents on the San Jose City Council.

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What People are Saying

“Tim Fitzgerald participated in the transformation of San Jose from an
agricultural market town to the Capital of Silicon Valley … neighborhood
groups transformed city politics by replacing citywide council elections
with election by district – in the process defeating the pro-growth political
machine.”
– Terry Christensen,
former chair, San Jose State University Political Science Department,
and leader of Redistricting of San Jose

“Fitzgerald is able to ‘bring to life’ the hidden forces that create economic
inequality in big cities in this volume … how a rapidly growing city’s ambitious
urban planning policy creates ‘economic apartheid.’ ”
– Scott Wagers,
founder, Student Homeless Alliance,
Senior Paster, CHAM Deliverance Ministry

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