Newark : a history of race, rights, and riots in America / / Kevin Mumford
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| Autore: |
Mumford Kevin J
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| Titolo: |
Newark : a history of race, rights, and riots in America / / Kevin Mumford
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.896/07309749320904 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Civil rights - New Jersey - Newark - History - 20th century |
| Civil rights movements - New Jersey - Newark - History - 20th century | |
| Riots - New Jersey - Newark - History - 20th century | |
| African Americans - New Jersey - Newark - Politics and government - 20th century | |
| Black nationalism - New Jersey - Newark - Politics and government - 20th century | |
| Written communication - Political aspects - New Jersey - Newark - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Newark (N.J.) Race relations History 20th century |
| Newark (N.J.) Politics and government 20th century | |
| Newark (N.J.) Race relations History 20th century Sources | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-285) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Newark |
| ISBN: | 0-8147-5989-0 |
| 0-8147-6115-1 | |
| 1-4356-0734-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814767303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American history and culture.