Upsetting the Apple Cart - Black-Latino Coalitions in New York City From Protest to Public Office

An exciting new history of the activists, protestors, politicians, and even recipes that changed New York City.

List of contents

A Note on SourcesAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Journeys: Black and Latino Relations, 1930--19702. Upsetting the Apple Cart: Black and Puerto Rican Hospital Workers, 1959--19623. Developing Their Minds Without Losing Their Souls: Black and Latino Student Coalition Building, 1965--19694. Young Turks: Progressive Activists and Organizations, 1970--19855. Coalition Politics, 1982--1984: The Chicago Plan6. Where the Street Goes, the Suits Follow: Coalition Politics, 1985--19887. Latinos for Dinkins in 1989: The Coalition's Complicated VictoryConclusionNotesIndex

About the author

Frederick Douglass Opie is a professor of history and foodways at Babson College. He is the author of Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America and Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882--1923, and the editor of the history and food blog www.foodasalens.com.

Summary

An exciting new history of the activists, protestors, politicians, and even recipes that changed New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Opie, Frederick Opie, Frederick Douglass Opie, Opie Frederick Douglass
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2014
• EAN: 9780231149402
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14940-2
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Columbia History of Urban Life; Columbia History of Urban Life
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; New York, Ethnic Studies, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination