Battle For Bed Stuy
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Battle For Bed Stuy
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Author : Michael Woodsworth
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-06-06
Battle For Bed Stuy written by Michael Woodsworth and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-06 with History categories.
In the 1960s Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America’s largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments.
Justice Rising
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Author : Patricia Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2021-06-08
Justice Rising written by Patricia Sullivan and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A leading civil rights historian places Robert Kennedy for the first time at the center of the movement for racial justice of the 1960sÑand shows how many of todayÕs issues can be traced back to that pivotal time. History, race, and politics converged in the 1960s in ways that indelibly changed America. In Justice Rising, a landmark reconsideration of Robert KennedyÕs life and legacy, Patricia Sullivan draws on government files, personal papers, and oral interviews to reveal how he grasped the moment to emerge as a transformational leader. When protests broke out across the South, the young attorney general confronted escalating demands for racial justice. What began as a political problem soon became a moral one. In the face of vehement pushback from Southern Democrats bent on massive resistance, he put the weight of the federal government behind school desegregation and voter registration. Bobby KennedyÕs youthful energy, moral vision, and capacity to lead created a momentum for change. He helped shape the 1964 Civil Rights Act but knew no law would end racism. When the Watts uprising brought calls for more aggressive policing, he pushed back, pointing to the root causes of urban unrest: entrenched poverty, substandard schools, and few job opportunities. RFK strongly opposed the military buildup in Vietnam, but nothing was more important to him than Òthe revolution within our gates, the struggle of the American Negro for full equality and full freedom.Ó On the night of Martin Luther KingÕs assassination, KennedyÕs anguished appeal captured the hopes of a turbulent decade: ÒIn this difficult time for the United States it is perhaps well to ask what kind of nation we are and what direction we want to move in.Ó It is a question that remains urgent and unanswered.
Bedford Stuyvesant
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Author : Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2007
Bedford Stuyvesant written by Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant is still found in the near-forgotten settlement of Brooklyn's Bedford Corners, a Dutch township colonized in 1667, where ancient Native American trails determined its now major thoroughfares, and where Colonial patriots fought the British in the country's struggle for independence. Bedford-Stuyvesant remained a quiet farming hamlet until the 1880s when rapid subway transportation, construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the burgeoning population of Manhattan combined to forge one of America's first and finest suburban communities. Bedford-Stuyvesant details the evolution of this neighborhood, home to the nation's second largest African American community, and it documents how this urban center is now finally enjoying new regard for its wealth of architecture and its notable place in American history.
Taming Manhattan
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Author : Catherine McNeur
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-03
Taming Manhattan written by Catherine McNeur and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-03 with History categories.
From 1815 to 1865, as city blocks encroached on farmland to accommodate Manhattan’s exploding population, prosperous New Yorkers developed new ideas about what an urban environment should contain—ideas that poorer immigrants resisted. As Catherine McNeur shows, taming Manhattan came at the cost of amplifying environmental and economic disparities.
Forging Freedom
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Author : Gary B. Nash
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1988
Forging Freedom written by Gary B. Nash and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with African Americans categories.
This book is the first to trace the fortunes of the earliest large free black community in the U.S. Nash shows how black Philadelphians struggled to shape a family life, gain occupational competence, organize churches, establish social networks, advance cultural institutions, educate their children, and train leaders who would help abolish slavery.
From Steel To Slots
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Author : Chloe E. Taft
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-06
From Steel To Slots written by Chloe E. Taft and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-06 with History categories.
Bethlehem PA was synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on casino gambling. Chloe Taft describes a city struggling to make sense of the ways global capitalism transforms jobs, landscapes, and identities. While residents often have few cards to play, the shape economic progress takes is not inevitable.
Brooklyn
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Author : Thomas J. Campanella
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-18
Brooklyn written by Thomas J. Campanella and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with Architecture categories.
A major new history of Brooklyn, told through its landscapes, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early 17th century to today.
Floyd Patterson
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Author : W. K. Stratton
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2012
Floyd Patterson written by W. K. Stratton and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This knockout biography follows boxing legend Floyd Patterson, civil rights activist, national icon, and the youngest man to win the World Heavyweight Champion title, and the first to ever win the title twice.
The Art Of Rivalry
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Author : Sebastian Smee
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2016-10-13
The Art Of Rivalry written by Sebastian Smee and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-13 with Art categories.
This is a story about rivalry among artists. Not the kind of rivalry that grows out of hatred and dislike, but rather, rivalry that emerges from admiration, friendship, love. The kind of rivalry that existed between Degas and Manet, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, and Freud and Bacon. These were some of the most famous and creative relationships in the history of art, driving each individual to heights of creativity and inspiration - and provoking them to despair, jealousy and betrayal. Matisse's success threatened Picasso so much that his friends would throw darts at a portrait of his rival's beloved daughter Marguerite, shouting 'there's one in the eye for Matisse!' And Willem de Kooning's twisted friendship with Jackson Pollock didn't stop him taking up with his friend's lover barely a year after Pollock's fatal car crash. In The Art of Rivalry, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee explores how, as both artists struggled to come into their own, they each played vital roles in provoking the other's creative breakthroughs - ultimately determining the course of modern art itself.
The Laws Of Cooking
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Author : Justin Warner
language : en
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date : 2015-10-13
The Laws Of Cooking written by Justin Warner and has been published by Flatiron Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with Cooking categories.
Foreword by Alton Brown. The Laws of Cooking . . . and How to Break Them encourages improvisation and play, while explaining Justin Warner's unique ideas about "flavor theory"-like color theory, but for your tongue. By introducing eleven laws based on familiar foods (e.g., "The Law of Peanut Butter and Jelly"; "The Law of Coffee, Cream, and Sugar"), the book will teach you why certain flavors combine brilliantly, and then show how these combinations work in 110 more complex and inventive recipes (Tomato Soup with "Grilled Cheese" Ravioli; Scallops with Black Sesame and Cherry). At the end of every recipe, Justin "breaks the law" by adding a seemingly discordant flavor that takes the combination to a new level.