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- Title
The Harlem Uprising: Segregation and Inequality in Postwar New York City.
- Authors
Woodsworth, Michael
- Abstract
In a well-researched and evocative chapter, Hayes shows how this campaign crudely martialed anti-Black and anti-Semitic imagery to mobilize pro-cop sentiment. Hayes argues that Wagner, despite his progressive reputation and vocal support of civil rights, repeatedly set back racial progress by delaying necessary reforms. Hayes reveals shocking corruption within the NYPD: officers saw Harlem as a "Gold Coast" where they could line their pockets by tapping into the heroin trade and numbers rackets.
- Subjects
HARLEM (New York, N.Y.); RIOTS; CIVIL rights movements; DRUG traffic; MAYORAL elections
- Publication
Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 3, p114
- ISSN
1547-6715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/15476715-10581475