Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xi, 308 p)
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ill., maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814757170
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9780814757178
Serie:
American history and culture
Inhalt:
Newark's volatile past is infamous. The city has become synonymous with the Black Power movement and urban crisis. Its history reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by traditional civic pride and an understudied tradition of protest in the black community. Newark charts this important city's place in the nation, from its founding in 1666 by a dissident Puritan as a refuge from intolerance, through the days of Jim Crow and World War II civil rights activism, to the height of postwar integration and the election of its first black mayor. In this broad and balanced histor
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-285) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; I Integration; 1 The Central Ward and the Rites of the Public Sphere; 2 Double V in New Jersey; 3 The Construction of Integration; 4 The Limits of Interracial Activism; 5 Brutal Realities and the Roots of the Disorders; II Uprising; 6 Testimonies to Violation and Violence; 7 The Reconstruction of Black Womanhood; 8 Baraka v. Imperiale: The Excesses of Racial Nationalism; 9 Black Power in Newark; Epilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780814757178
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Newark : A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America
Sprache:
Englisch
