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Newark : a History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mumford, Kevin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
Series:American history and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.