Harlem Uprising - Segregation and Inequality in Postwar New York City

In July 1964, after a white police officer shot and killed a Black teenage boy, unrest broke out in Harlem and then Bedford-Stuyvesant. Christopher Hayes examines the causes and consequences of the uprisings, providing a vivid portrait of postwar New York, a new perspective on the civil rights era, and a timely analysis of racial inequality.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Living
2. Working
3. Union Work
4. Learning
5. The New York City Police Department
6. A Death and Protests
7. Daybreak: Sunday, July 19
8. Spreading Anxiety: Monday, July 20
9. Day Four: Tuesday, July 21
10. Day Five: Wednesday, July 22
11. Day Six: Thursday, July 23
12. After
13. Reforming the Civilian Complaint Review Board
14. A Referendum
Epilogue: Insufficient Funds
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Christopher Hayes teaches history in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University.

Summary

In July 1964, after a white police officer shot and killed a Black teenage boy, unrest broke out in Harlem and then Bedford-Stuyvesant. Christopher Hayes examines the causes and consequences of the uprisings, providing a vivid portrait of postwar New York, a new perspective on the civil rights era, and a timely analysis of racial inequality.

Additional text

The Harlem Uprising is a welcome contribution to the intertwined histories of liberalism, policing, and urban rebellions in New York and, more broadly, the urban North.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hayes, Hayes Christopher
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780231181877
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18187-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; New York, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Social discrimination & inequality, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History of the Americas, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, HISTORY / African American & Black, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Social discrimination and social justice