Title Newark : a History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America

Published New York : NYU Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (320 pages) Series American History and Culture American history and culture. 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-285) and index Notes Print version record Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History -- 20th century -- Sources African Americans -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Politics and government -- 20th century Black nationalism -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Politics and government -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History -- 20th century Riots -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History -- 20th century Written communication -- Political aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Politics and government Civil rights movements Politics and government Race relations Riots SUBJECT Newark (N.J.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century Newark (N.J.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Newark (N.J.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Subject New Jersey -- Newark Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book LC no. 2006101772 ISBN 9780814761151 0814761151

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