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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Hayes, Christopher (1979-....)
Titre(s) : The Harlem uprising [Texte imprimé] : segregation and inequality in postwar New York City / Christopher Hayes
Publication : New York (N. Y.) : Columbia University Press, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (339 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [307]-325. Index
"In July 1964, after a white police officer shot and killed an African American teenage
boy, unrest broke out in Harlem and then Bedford-Stuyvesant. Protests rose up to call
for an end to police brutality and the unequal treatment of Black people in a city
that viewed itself as liberal. A week of upheaval ensued, including looting and property
damage as well as widespread police violence, in what would be the first of the 1960s
urban uprisings. Christopher Hayes examines the causes and consequences of the uprisings,
from the city's history of racial segregation in education, housing, and employment
to the ways in which the police both neglected and exploited Black neighborhoods.
While the national civil rights movement was securing substantial victories in the
1950s and 1960s, Black New Yorkers saw little or uneven progress. Faced with a lack
of economic opportunities, pervasive discrimination, and worsening quality of life,
they felt a growing sense of disenchantment with the promises of city leaders. Turning
to the aftermath of the uprising, Hayes demonstrates that the city's power structure
continued its refusal to address structural racism. In the most direct local outcome,
a broad, interracial coalition of activists called for civilian review of complaints
against the police. The NYPD's rank and file fought this demand bitterly, further
inflaming racial tensions. The story of the uprisings and what happened next reveals
the white backlash against civil rights in the north and crystallizes the limits of
liberalism. Drawing on a range of archives, this book provides a vivid portrait of
postwar New York City, a new perspective on the civil rights era, and a timely analysis
of deeply entrenched racial inequalities"
Sujet(s) : Émeutes de New York (1964)
Mouvements des droits civiques -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- 1945-1970
Noirs américains -- Conditions sociales -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis) -- 1945-1970
Indice(s) Dewey :
323.119 6073 (23e éd.) = Droits civils et politiques des Noirs-Américains
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780231181860 (rel.). - ISBN 0231181868 (erroné). - ISBN 9780231181877 (erroné).
- ISBN 0231181876 (erroné). - ISBN 9780231543842 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46874227p
Notice n° :
FRBNF46874227
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Living -- ; Working -- ; Union work -- ; Learning -- ; The New York City Police Department
-- ; A death and protests -- ; Daybreak : Sunday, July 19 -- ; Spreading anxiety :
Monday, July 20 -- ; Day four : Tuesday, July 21 -- ; Day five : Wednesday, July 22
-- ; Day Six : Thursday, July 23 -- ; After -- ; Reforming the Civilian Complaint
Review Board -- ; A referendum.
