Newark : A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America / Kevin Mumford.
2007
F144.N6 M86 2007eb
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Title
Newark : A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America / Kevin Mumford.
Author
Mumford, Kevin, author.
ISBN
9780814761151
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2007]
Copyright
©2007
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource : 41 black and white illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.18574/nyu/9780814761151.001.0001 doi
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F144.N6 M86 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.896/07309749320904
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 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.
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American History and Culture ; ; 10
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Table of Contents
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
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