Newark : : A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America / / Kevin Mumford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mumford, Kevin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: American History and Culture ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 41 black and white illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814761151; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814761151.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Kevin Mumford.

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 history of Newark, Kevin Mumford applies the concept of the public sphere to the problem of race relations, demonstrating how political ideas and print culture were instrumental in shaping African American consciousness. He draws on both public and personal archives, interpreting official documents - such as newspapers, commission testimony, and government records-alongside interviews, political flyers, meeting minutes, and rare photos.From the migration out of the South to the rise of public housing and ethnic conflict, Newark explains the impact of African Americans on the reconstruction of American cities in the twentieth century.