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New. In July 1964, after a white police officer shot and killed an African American teenage boy, unrest broke out in Harlem and then Bedford-Stuyvesant. Protests rose up to call for an end to police brutality and the unequal treatment of Black people in a city that viewed itself as liberal. A week of upheaval ensued, including looting and property damage as well as widespread police violence, in what would be the first of the 1960s urban uprisings. Christopher Hayes examines the causes and consequences of the uprisings, from the city's history of racial segregation in education, housing, and employment to the ways in which the police both neglected and exploited Black neighborhoods. While the national civil rights movement was securing substantial victories in the 1950s and 1960s, Black New Yorkers saw little or uneven progress. Faced with a lack of economic opportunities, pervasive discrimination, and worsening quality of life, they felt a growing sense of disenchantment with the promises of…
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- Title The Harlem Uprising: Segregation and Inequality in Postwar New York City
- Author Christopher Hayes
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- Date 2021-10-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780231181877 / 0231181876
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 2.29 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects Police - New York (State) - New York, New York (N.Y.) - Race relations
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2021016648
- Dewey Decimal Code 323.119
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- Publishers Weekly, 08/30/2021, Page 0
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