In the Heat of the Summer - The New York Riots of 1964 and the War on Crime

In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived.

List of contents

Prologue

Chapter 1. The Growing Menace

Chapter 2. The Great Mecca

Chapter 3. The Gathering Storm

Chapter 4. The Fire This Time

Chapter 5. This Most Marvelous City

Chapter 6. Heat and Dirt, Anger and Fury

Chapter 7. Take the "A" Train

Chapter 8. Communists, Conservatives, and Conspiracies

Chapter 9. Make Somebody Listen

Chapter 10. Calming the Waters

Chapter 11. All the Way with LBJ

Chapter 12. The War on Crime

Epilogue

Notes

List of Personal Interviews and Correspondence

Index

Acknowledgments

About the author

Michael W. Flamm

Summary

In Central Harlem, the symbolic and historic heart of black America, the violent unrest of July 1964 highlighted a new dynamic in the racial politics of the nation. The first "long, hot summer" of the Sixties had arrived.

Product details

• Authors: Michael W Flamm, Michael W. Flamm
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780812248500
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4850-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Politics and Culture in Modern; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern America; Politics and Culture in Modern
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous