Civil rights in New York City from World War II to the Giuliani era / edited by Clarence Taylor.

Other author Taylor, Clarence.
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press,
Descriptionix, 282 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Civil rights--New York (State). --New York.
New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.

Contents To be a good American: the New York City Teachers Union and race during the Second World War / Clarence Taylor -- Cops, schools, and communism: local politics and global ideologies--New York City in the 1950's / Barbara Ransby -- "Taxation without sanitation is tyranny": civil rights struggles over garbage collection in Brooklyn, New York, during the fall of 1962 / Brian Purnell -- Rochdale Village and the rise and fall of integrated housing in New York City / Peter Eisenstadt -- Conservative and liberal opposition to the New York City school-integration campaign / Clarence Taylor -- The dead end of despair: Bayard Rustin, the 1968 New York school crisis, and the struggle for racial justice / Daniel Perlstein -- The young lords and the social and structural roots Of late sixties urban radicalism / Johanna Fernandez -- "Brooklyn College belongs to us": Black students and the transformation of public higher education in New York City / Martha Biondi -- Racial events, diplomacy, and Dinkins's image / Wilbur C. Rich -- "One city, one standard": the struggle for equality in Rudolph Giuliani's New York / Jerald Podair.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009054039
ISBN9780823232895 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780823232918 (ebook)