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 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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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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Want to Start a Revolution?: Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle 9780814733127

The story of the black freedom struggle in America has been overwhelmingly male-centric, starring leaders like Martin Lu

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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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Thyra J. Edwards: Black Activist in the Global Freedom Struggle 082627241X, 9780826272416

In 1938, a black newspaper in Houston paid front-page tribute to Thyra J. Edwards as the embodiment of "THE SPIRIT

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Grassroots at the Gateway: Class Politics and Black Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, 1936–75

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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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