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Strike the hammer : the Black freedom struggle in Rochester, New York, 1940-1970 / Laura Warren Hill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hill, Laura Warren, author.
- Series:
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--New York (State)--Rochester--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--New York (State)--Rochester--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- Black power--Economic aspects--New York (State)--Rochester.
- Black power.
- Black power--New York (State)--Rochester--History--20th century.
- Rochester (N.Y.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Rochester (N.Y.).
- Rochester (N.Y.)--Race relations--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- On July 24, 1964, chaos erupted in Rochester, New York. 'Strike the Hammer' examines the unrest - rebellion by the city's Black community, rampant police brutality - that would radically change the trajectory of the Civil Rights movement. After overcoming a violent response by State Police, the fight for justice, in an upstate town rooted in black power movements, was reborn. That resurgence owed much to years of organizing and resistance in the community. Laura Warren Hill examines Rochester's long Civil Rights history and, drawing extensively on oral accounts of the northern, urban community, offers rich and detailed stories of the area's protest tradition.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Striking the Hammer while the Iron Is Hot
- Black Rochester at Midcentury : Agricultural Migration, Population, and Politics
- Uniting for Survival : Police Brutality, Organizational Conflict, and Unity in the Black Freedom Struggle
- A Quiet Rage Explodes : The Uprising, July 24 to July 26,
- Build the Army : Scrambling for Black Rochester after the Uprising
- Confrontation with Kodak : Corporate Responsibility Meets Black Power
- FIGHTing for the Soul of Black Capitalism : Struggles for Black Economic Development in Post-Rebellion Rochester
- Conclusion : Paths to Freedom in Rochester.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781501754425
- 1501754424
- 9781501756047
- 1501756044
- OCLC:
- 1176322115
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