Inside Newark : : Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation /

Inside Newark : : Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation / / Robert Curvin.

For decades, leaders in Newark, New Jersey, have claimed their city is about to return to its vibrant past. How accurate is this prediction? Is Newark on the verge of revitalization? Robert Curvin, who was one of New Jersey's outstanding civil rights leaders, examines the city, chronicling its...

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Curvin, Robert,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Rivergate Regionals Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 19 photographs, 4 figures, 4 t
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Newarker Examines His City
  • 1. About Newark
  • 2. Winds of Change
  • 3. The Collapse of the Machine
  • 4. Rebellion and City Politics
  • 5. Political Mobilization in Black Newark
  • 6. The Arrival of Black Power
  • 7. The Dancing Mayor
  • 8. Black Mayor on a White Horse
  • 9. Pity the Children
  • Conclusion: The Search for Transformation
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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