The Harlem Uprising : : Segregation and Inequality in Postwar New York City /

The Harlem Uprising : : Segregation and Inequality in Postwar New York City / / Christopher Hayes.

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 uph...

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Hayes, Christopher,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Living
  • 2. Working
  • 3. Union Work
  • 4. Learning
  • 5. The New York City Police Department
  • 6. A Death and Protests
  • 7. Daybreak: Sunday, July 19
  • 8. Spreading Anxiety: Monday, July 20
  • 9. Day Four: Tuesday, July 21
  • 10. Day Five: Wednesday, July 22
  • 11. Day Six: Thursday, July 23
  • 12. After
  • 13. Reforming the Civilian Complaint Review Board
  • 14. A Referendum
  • Epilogue: Insufficient Funds
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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