Newark : a history of race, rights, and riots in America / Kevin Mumford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mumford, Kevin J.

Series:

American history and culture.

American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--New Jersey--Newark--History--20th century--Sources.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--New Jersey--Newark--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Riots--New Jersey--Newark--History--20th century.

Riots.

African Americans--New Jersey--Newark--Politics and government--20th century.

Black nationalism--New Jersey--Newark--Politics and government--20th century.

Black nationalism.

Written communication--Political aspects--New Jersey--Newark--History--20th century.

Written communication.

Newark (N.J.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Newark (N.J.).

Newark (N.J.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Newark (N.J.)--Race relations--History--20th century--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-285) and index.

ISBN:

9780814759899

0814759890

9780814761151

0814761151

9781435607347

1435607341

OCLC:

779828217