Fight the power : African Americans and the long history of police brutality in New York City /

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A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (oft...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taylor, Clarence (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Police brutality > New York (State) > New York > History.
African Americans > Violence against > New York (State) > New York.
Brutalités policières > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
HISTORY > African American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans > Violence against.
Race relations.
Police brutality.
New York (N.Y.) > Race relations.
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The People's voice and police brutality
  • The Communist Party and police brutality
  • The Nation of Islam and police brutality
  • Civil rights, community activists, and police brutality
  • Police brutality, the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots, and the national civil rights movement
  • John Lindsay, racial politics, and the Civilian Complaint Review Board
  • The triumph of a false narrative
  • Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police brutality
  • Abner Louima, Amadou Diallo, and the resistance Giuliani
  • The campaign to end stop, question, and frisk
  • The limits of Mayor de Blasio's police reform agenda
  • Conclusion : Where do we go from here?

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