| Description |
xxii, 272 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Contents |
The dream deferred : the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the holy week uprising of 1968 / Peter Levy -- Jewell Chambers : oral history -- Why was there no rioting in Cherry Hill? / John Breihan -- "White man's lane" : hollowing out the highway ghetto in Baltimore / Emily Lieb -- Spiro T. Agnew and the burning of Baltimore / Alex Csicsek -- Tom Carney : oral history -- "Church people work on the integration problem" : the Brethren's interracial work in Baltimore, 1949-1972 / Jessica I. Elfenbein -- Convergences and divergences : the civil rights and anti-war movements, Baltimore / W. Edward Orser and Joby Taylor -- The Pats family : oral history -- How the 1968 riots stopped school desegregation in Baltimore / Howell Baum -- Pivot in perception : the impact of the 1968 uprising on three Baltimore business districts / Elizabeth M. Nix and Deborah R. Weiner -- "Where we live" : Greater Homewood Community Corporation, 1967-1976 / Francesca Gamber -- Planning for the people : the early years of Baltimore's neighborhood design center / Mary Potorti -- Robert Birt : oral history -- Epilogue. History, and memory : why it matters that we remember / Clement A. Price |
| Summary |
Annotation In 1968, Baltimore was home to a variety of ethnic, religious, & racial communities that, like those in other American cities, were confronting a quickly declining industrial base. This book offers chapters on events leading up to the turmoil of that year & four rigorously edited & annotated oral histories |
| Subjects |
Race riots -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Baltimore (Md.) -- History -- 20th century
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Baltimore (Md.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Baltimore (Md.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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| Alt Name |
Elfenbein, Jessica I
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Hollowak, Thomas L
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Nix, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Morrow), 1964-
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| LC NO |
F189.B157 B336 2011 |
| OCLC # |
671703421 |
| ISBN |
9781439906613 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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1439906610 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781439906620 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1439906629 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781439906637 (e-book) |
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1439906637 (e-book) |
| Isrn |
40019650103 |
| Isn/Std # |
(OCoLC)671703421 |
| LCCN |
2010050108 |
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