Strike the Hammer: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, New York, 1940–1970 1501754254, 9781501754258

Strike the Hammer: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, New York, 1940–1970 9781501754418

Hill leads us to consider the social, political, and economic environment more than fifty years ago and how that foundin

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Stories of Freedom in Black New York 9780674045149

This book re-creates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of

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Stories of freedom in Black New York 9780674025783, 9780674008939, 9780674045149

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The Politics of Race in New York: The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era 9781501721533

Black suffrage was a crucial and volatile issue in the North during the Civil War era. In The Politics of Race in New Yo

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The Civil Rights Movement: The Black Freedom Struggle in America [2 ed.] 1315545578, 9781315545578

"Now in its second edition, The Civil Rights Movement: The Black Freedom Struggle in America recounts the extraordi

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Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger: School Segregation in Rochester, New York 9781501761874

In Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger, veteran journalist Justin Murphy makes the compelling argument that the edu

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The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis 9780300130706

On May 9, 1968, junior high school teacher Fred Nauman received a letter that would change the history of New York City.

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Power!: Black workers, their unions and the struggle for freedom in South Africa 0896082458, 9780896082458

Based on research and interviews with workers and union leaders in South Africa, this book examines and analyses the the

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Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle 9781478022817

Shannen Dee Williams provides a comprehensive history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States, tracing how Black sis

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Prophets of Rage: The Black Freedom Struggle in San Francisco, 1945-1969 1317944305, 9781317944300

The Black Panther Party has been at once the most maligned and most celebrated Black Power organization, and this study

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