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• Introduction
• The people's voice and police brutality
• The Communist Party and police brutality
• The Nation of Islam and police brutality
• Civil rights, community activists, and police brutality
• Police brutality, the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots, and the national civil rights movement
• John Lindsay, racial politics, and the Civilian Complaint Review Board
• The triumph of a false narrative
• Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police brutality
• Abner Louima, Amadou Diallo, and the resistance Giuliani
• The campaign to end stop, question, and frisk
• The limits of Mayor de Blasio's police reform agenda
• Conclusion: Where do we go from here?

A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that were reminiscent of the unrest of the 1960s. Fight the Power examines the explosive history of police brutality in New York City and the black community's long struggle to resist it. Taylor brings this story to life by exploring the institutions and the people that waged campaigns to end the mistreatment of people of color at the hands of the police, including the black church, the black press, black communists and civil rights activists. Ranging from the 1940s to the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio, Taylor describes the significant strides made in curbing police power in New York City, describing the grassroots street campaigns as well as the accomplishments achieved in the political arena and in the city's courtrooms. Taylor challenges the belief that police reform is born out of improved relations between communities and the authorities arguing that the only real solution is radically reducing the police domination of New York's black citizens.
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• The People's voice and police brutality
• The Communist Party and police brutality
• The Nation of Islam and police brutality
• Civil rights, community activists, and police brutality
• Police brutality, the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots, and the national civil rights movement
• John Lindsay, racial politics, and the Civilian Complaint Review Board
• The triumph of a false narrative
• Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police brutality
• Abner Louima, Amadou Diallo, and the resistance to Giuliani
• The campaign to end stop, question, and frisk
• The limits of Mayor de Blasio's police reform agenda
• Conclusion : Where do we go from here?

A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that were reminiscent of the unrest of the 1960s. Fight the Power examines the explosive history of police brutality in New York City and the black community's long struggle to resist it. Taylor brings this story to life by exploring the institutions and the people that waged campaigns to end the mistreatment of people of color at the hands of the police, including the black church, the black press, black communists and civil rights activists. Ranging from the 1940s to the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio, Taylor describes the significant strides made in curbing police power in New York City, describing the grassroots street campaigns as well as the accomplishments achieved in the political arena and in the city's courtrooms. Taylor challenges the belief that police reform is born out of improved relations between communities and the authorities arguing that the only real solution is radically reducing the police domination of New York's black citizens.
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A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that were reminiscent of the unrest of the 1960s. Fight the Power examines the explosive history of police brutality in New York City and the black community's long struggle to resist it. Taylor brings this story to life by exploring the institutions and the people that waged campaigns to end the mistreatment of people of color at the hands of the police, including the black church, the black press, black communists and civil rights activists. Ranging from the 1940s to the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio, Taylor describes the significant strides made in curbing police power in New York City, describing the grassroots street campaigns as well as the accomplishments achieved in the political arena and in the city's courtrooms. Taylor challenges the belief that police reform is born out of improved relations between communities and the authorities arguing that the only real solution is radically reducing the police domination of New York's black citizens.
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• 1. The People's Voice and Police Brutality
• 2. The Communist Party and Police Brutality
• 3. The Nation of Islam and Police Brutality
• 4. Civil Rights, Community Activists, and Police Brutality
• 5. Police Brutality, the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant Riots, and the National Civil Rights Movement
• 6. John Lindsay, Racial Politics, and the Civilian Complaint Review Board
• 7. The Triumph of a False Narrative
• 8. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Police Brutality
• 9. Abner Louima, Amadou Diallo, and the Resistance to Giuliani
• 10. The Campaign to End Stop, Question, and Frisk
• 11. The Limits of Mayor de Blasio's Police Reform Agenda; Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?

A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that were reminiscent of the unrest of the 1960s. Fight the Power examines the explosive history of police brutality in New York City and the black community's long struggle to resist it. Taylor brings this story to life by exploring the institutions and the people that waged campaigns to end the mistreatment of people of color at the hands of the police, including the black church, the black press, black communists and civil rights activists. Ranging from the 1940s to the mayoralty of Bill de Blasio, Taylor describes the significant strides made in curbing police power in New York City, describing the grassroots street campaigns as well as the accomplishments achieved in the political arena and in the city's courtrooms. Taylor challenges the belief that police reform is born out of improved relations between communities and the authorities arguing that the only real solution is radically reducing the police domination of New York's black citizens.
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• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part One
• 1. The War Within: Battling for the Soul of the Union
• 2. Communist Front? The TU During the Popular Front Era
• 3. The Fight Over Revocation
• 4. To Be a Good American: The New York City Teachers Union and the Issue of Race During the Second World War
• Part Two
• 5. The Opening Salvo: Louis Jaffe, Taft-Hartley, and Minnie Gutride
• 6. The First Wave of Suspensions and Dismissals
• 7. Banning Subversives
• 8. Anti-Semitism: Rhetoric and Perception
• 9. Undercover Agents, Informers, and Cooperating Witnesses
• Part Three
• 10. Crusading for Civil Rights
• 11. Women and the Teachers Union
• 12. The Triumph of the United Federation of Teachers and the Demise of Social Unionism
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Index.

The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. Clarence Taylor recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as the union threw its support behind controversial policies and rights movements. Taylor's research reaffirms the party's close ties with the union?yet it also makes clear that the organization was anything but a puppet of Communist power. Reds at the Blackboard showcases the rise of a unique type of unionism that would later dominate the organizational efforts behind civil rights, academic freedom, and the empowerment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affiliation with the Communist Party, the union pioneered what would later become social movement unionism, solidifying ties with labor groups, black and Latino parents, and civil rights organizations to acquire greater school and community resources. It also militantly fought to improve working conditions for teachers while championing broader social concerns. For the first time, Taylor reveals the union's early growth and the somewhat illegal attempts by the Board of Education to eradicate the group. He describes how the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the board to bring down the union and how the union and its opponents wrestled with charges of anti-Semitism.
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• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction
• Part 1 1. The War Within: Battling for the Soul of the Union2. Communist Front? The TU During the Popular Front Era3. The Fight Over Revocation4. To Be a Good American: The New York City Teachers Union and the Issue of Race During the Second World War
• Part 2 5. The Opening Salvo: Louis Jaffe, Taft-Hartley, and Minnie Gutride6. The First Wave of Suspensions and Dismissals7. Banning Subversives8. Anti-Semitism: Rhetoric and Perception9. Undercover Agents, Informers, and Cooperating Witnesses
• Part 3 10. Crusading for Civil Rights11. Women and the Teachers Union12. The Triumph of the United Federation of Teachers and the Demise of Social UnionismConclusionNotesIndex.
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The New York City Teachers Union shares a deep history with the American left, having participated in some of its most explosive battles. Established in 1916, the union maintained an early, unofficial partnership with the American Communist Party, winning key union positions and advocating a number of Party goals. Clarence Taylor recounts this pivotal relationship and the backlash it created, as the union threw its support behind controversial policies and rights movements. Taylor's research reaffirms the party's close ties with the union?yet it also makes clear that the organization was anything but a puppet of Communist power. Reds at the Blackboard showcases the rise of a unique type of unionism that would later dominate the organizational efforts behind civil rights, academic freedom, and the empowerment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affiliation with the Communist Party, the union pioneered what would later become social movement unionism, solidifying ties with labor groups, black and Latino parents, and civil rights organizations to acquire greater school and community resources. It also militantly fought to improve working conditions for teachers while championing broader social concerns. For the first time, Taylor reveals the union's early growth and the somewhat illegal attempts by the Board of Education to eradicate the group. He describes how the infamous Red Squad and other undercover agents worked with the board to bring down the union and how the union and its opponents wrestled with charges of anti-Semitism.
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• Introduction: Black intellectuals : a more inclusive perspective
• Sticking to the ship : manhood, fraternity, and the religious world view of A. Philip Randolph
• Expanding the boundaries of politics : the various voices of the Black religious community of Brooklyn, New York before and during the Cold War
• The Pentecostal preacher as public intellectual and activist : the extraordinary leadership of Bishop Smallwood Williams
• The Reverend John Culmer and the politics of Black representation in Miami, Florida
• The Reverend Theodore Gibson and the significance of Cold War liberalism in the fight for citizenship
• "A natural born leader" : the politics of the Rev. Al Sharpton
• The evolving spiritual and political leadership of Louis Farrakhan : from Allah's masculine warrior to ecumenical sage
• Ella Baker, Pauli Murray, and the challenge to male patriarchy.

Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community. From the Pentecostalism of Bishop Smallwood Williams and the flamboyant leadership of the Reverend Al Sharpton, to the radical Presbyterianism of Milton Arthur Galamison and the controversial and mass-mobilization by Minister Louis Farrakhan, black religious leaders have figured prominently in the struggle for social equality in America.
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• Introduction: Black intellectuals : a more inclusive perspective
• Sticking to the ship : manhood, fraternity, and the religious world view of A. Philip Randolph
• Expanding the boundaries of politics : the various voices of the Black religious community of Brooklyn, New York before and during the Cold War
• The Pentecostal preacher as public intellectual and activist : the extraordinary leadership of Bishop Smallwood Williams
• The Reverend John Culmer and the politics of Black representation in Miami, Florida
• The Reverend Theodore Gibson and the significance of Cold War liberalism in the fight for citizenship
• "A natural born leader" : the politics of the Rev. Al Sharpton
• The evolving spiritual and political leadership of Louis Farrakhan : from Allah's masculine warrior to ecumenical sage
• Ella Baker, Pauli Murray, and the challenge to male patriarchy.

Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community. From the Pentecostalism of Bishop Smallwood Williams and the flamboyant leadership of the Reverend Al Sharpton, to the radical Presbyterianism of Milton Arthur Galamison and the controversial and mass-mobilization by Minister Louis Farrakhan, black religious leaders have figured prominently in the struggle for social equality in America.
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Examines the struggle for school integration in New York City. The text focuses on integrationist and Presbyterian pastor Milton Galamison whose militant approach to the struggle deeply divided the city. It explores Galamison's early years and the political and social context of his thinking.
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-- The New York Times Book Review.
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• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 To Be a Good American: The New York City Teachers Union and Race during the Second World War
• Clarence Taylor
• 2 Cops, Schools, and Communism: Local Politics and Global Ideologiess--New York City in the 1950s
• Barbara Ransby
• 3 'Taxation without Sanitation Is Tyranny': Civil Rights Struggles over Garbage Collection in Brooklyn, New
• York, during the Fall of 1962
• Brian Purnell
• 4 Rochdale Village and the Rise and Fall of Integrated Housing in New York City
• Peter Eisenstadt
• 5 Conservative and Liberal Opposition to the New York City School-Integration Campaign
• Clarence Taylor
• 6 The Dead End of Despair: Bayard Rustin, the 1968 New York School Crisis, and the Struggle for Racial Justice
• Daniel Perlstein
• 7 The Young Lords and the Social and Structural Roots of Late Sixties Urban Radicalism
• Johanna Fernandez
• 8 'Brooklyn College Belongs to Us': Black Students and the Transformation of Public Higher Education in New York City
• Martha Biondi
• 9 Racial Events, Diplomacy, and Dinkins's Image
• Wilbur C. Rich
• 10 'One City, One Standard': The Struggle for Equality in Rudolph Giuliani's New York
• Jerald Podair
• Notes
• List of Contributors
• Index.
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Since the 1960s, most U.S. History has been written as if the civil rights movement were primarily or entirely a Southern history. This book joins a growing body of scholarship that demonstrates the importance of the Northern history of the movement. The contributors make clear that civil rights in New York City were contested in many ways, beginning long before the 1960s, and across many groups with a surprisingly wide range of political perspectives. Civil Rights in New York City provides a sample of the rich historical record of the fight for racial justice in the city that was home to the nation's largest population of African-Americans in mid-twentiethcentury America. The ten contributions brought together here address varying aspects of New York's civil rights struggle, including the role of labor, community organizing campaigns, the pivotal actions of prominent national leaders, the movement for integrated housing, the fight for racial equality in public higher education, and the part played by a revolutionary group that challenged structural, societal inequality. Long before the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Reverend Adam Clayton Powell Jr. helped launch the Harlem Bus Boycott of 1941. The New York City's Teachers' Union had been fighting for racial equality since 1935. Ella Baker worked with the NAACP and the city's grassroots movement to force the city to integrate its public school system. In 1962, a direct action campaign by Brooklyn CORE, a racially integrated membership organization, forced the city to provide better sanitation services to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn's largest black community. Integrating Rochdale Village in South Jamaica, the largest middle-class housing cooperative in New York, brought together an unusual coalition of leftists, liberal Democrats, moderate Republicans, pragmatic government officials, and business executives. In reexamining these and other key events, Civil Rights in New York City reaffirms their importance to the larger national fight for equality for Americans across racial lines.
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Contrary to simple textbook tales, the Civil Rights movement did not arise spontaneously in 1954 with the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. The struggle for civil rights can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans. This text tells the story of its struggle in its full context, dividing the struggle into six major periods: slavery to reconstruction; segregation to the second reconstruction; from the current backlash to the future prospects for a third reconstruction. The anthology emphasizes the role of those ignored by history, as well as the part that education and religion have played in the movement.
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Contrary to simple textbook tales, the Civil Rights movement did not arise spontaneously in 1954 with the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. The struggle for civil rights can be traced back to the arrival of the first Africans. This text tells the story of its struggle in its full context, dividing the struggle into six major periods: slavery to reconstruction; segregation to the second reconstruction; from the current backlash to the future prospects for a third reconstruction. The anthology emphasizes the role of those ignored by history, as well as the part that education and religion have played in the movement.
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The courage and charisma of boxing legend Muhammad Ali are witnessed through the unlikely bond he formed with TV host Dick Cavett. Interweaving archival footage of Ali's many appearances with insights from authors, sports commentators and others, the film paints an illuminating portrait of a man whose impact on the civil rights movement rivals his feats in the boxing ring