Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City 1479862452, 9781479862450

Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City 9781479851591

A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City’s complex history of police brutality The 2

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Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality in New York City 9780814759721

Amadou Diallo, Abner Louima, Anthony Baez, Patrick Dorismond. New York City has been rocked in recent years by the fate

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Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City 9780300164091

Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her q

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In the shadow of slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 9780226317731, 9780226317755, 9780226317748

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Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York 9781478027546

Matthew Guariglia traces the history the New York City Police Department between the 1840s and 1930s to show how race, i

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Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department 0814748414, 9780814748411

Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks: there are many opportunities for cops to act like c

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Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department 9780814785751

Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks: there are many opportunities for cops to act like c

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Illustrated History of the Borough of Queens, New York City

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Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century 9780812241846, 2009004272

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The Hero's Fight: African Americans in West Baltimore and the Shadow of the State 9781400883561

Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, i

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