Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth in an American City

Klappentext The first comprehensive study of one city, Baltimore, forty years after the unrest that swept across some 120 U.S. cities. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive study of one city! Baltimore! forty years after the unrest that swept across some 120 U.S. cities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Acknowledgments; 2. Editors' Introduction - Jessica I. Elfenbein! Thomas L. Hollowak! Elizabeth M. Nix; 3. Foreword! Howard F. Gillette Essays describing April 1968; 4. Peter Levy! The Dream Deferred: The Assassination of Martin Luther King! Jr. and the Holy Week Uprising of 1968; 5.Jewell Chambers: Edited Oral History; 6. John Breihan! Why Was There No Rioting in Cherry Hill? Essays providing political! religious! and urban planning context; 7. Emily Lieb! "White Man's Lane": Hollowing Out the Highway Ghetto in Baltimore; 8. Alex Csicsek! Spiro T. Agnew and the Burning of Baltimore; 9. Tom Carney: Edited Oral History; 10. Jessica I. Elfenbein! University of Baltimore! 'Church People Work on the Integration Problem': The Brethren's Interracial Work in Baltimore! 1949-1972; 11. W. Edward Orser and Joby Taylor! Convergences and Divergences: The Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements! Baltimore 1968 Essays describing consequences for education! business! and community organizing; 12. The Pats Family: Edited Oral History; 13. Howell Baum! How the 1968 Riots Stopped School Desegregation in Baltimore; 14. Elizabeth M. Nix and Deborah R. Weiner! Pivot in Perception: The Impact of the 1968 Uprising on Three Baltimore Business Districts; 15. Frankie Gamber! "Where We Live": Greater Homewood Community Corporation! 1967-1976"; 16. Mary Potorti! Planning for the People: The Early Years of Baltimore's Neighborhood Design Center; 17. Robert Birt: Edited Oral History; 18. Epilogue! Clement A. Price! History and Memory: Why it Matters that We Remember

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1. Acknowledgments; 2. Editors' Introduction - Jessica I. Elfenbein, Thomas L. Hollowak, Elizabeth M. Nix; 3. Foreword, Howard F. Gillette Essays describing April 1968; 4. Peter Levy, The Dream Deferred: The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Holy Week Uprising of 1968; 5.Jewell Chambers: Edited Oral History; 6. John Breihan, Why Was There No Rioting in Cherry Hill? Essays providing political, religious, and urban planning context; 7. Emily Lieb, "White Man's Lane": Hollowing Out the Highway Ghetto in Baltimore; 8. Alex Csicsek, Spiro T. Agnew and the Burning of Baltimore; 9. Tom Carney: Edited Oral History; 10. Jessica I. Elfenbein, University of Baltimore, 'Church People Work on the Integration Problem': The Brethren's Interracial Work in Baltimore, 1949-1972; 11. W. Edward Orser and Joby Taylor, Convergences and Divergences: The Civil Rights and Anti-War Movements, Baltimore 1968 Essays describing consequences for education, business, and community organizing; 12. The Pats Family: Edited Oral History; 13. Howell Baum, How the 1968 Riots Stopped School Desegregation in Baltimore; 14. Elizabeth M. Nix and Deborah R. Weiner, Pivot in Perception: The Impact of the 1968 Uprising on Three Baltimore Business Districts; 15. Frankie Gamber, "Where We Live": Greater Homewood Community Corporation, 1967-1976"; 16. Mary Potorti, Planning for the People: The Early Years of Baltimore's Neighborhood Design Center; 17. Robert Birt: Edited Oral History; 18. Epilogue, Clement A. Price, History and Memory: Why it Matters that We Remember