{"product_id":"to-stand-and-fight-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-in-postwar-new-york-city","title":"To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTo Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMartha Biondi\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780674019829\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarvard University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Civil Rights Movement typically begins with the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and culminates with the 1965 voting rights struggle in Selma. But as Martha Biondi shows, a grassroots struggle for racial equality in the urban North began a full ten years before the rise of the movement in the South. This story is an essential first chapter, not only to the southern movement that followed, but to the riots that erupted in northern and western cities just as the Civil Rights Movement was achieving major victories. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBiondi tells the story of African Americans who mobilized to make the war against fascism a launching pad for a postwar struggle against white supremacy at home. Rather than seeking integration in the abstract, Black New Yorkers demanded first-class citizenship--jobs for all, affordable housing, protection from police violence, access to higher education, and political representation. This powerful local push for economic and political equality met broad resistance, yet managed to win several landmark laws barring discrimination and segregation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTo Stand and Fight\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how Black New Yorkers launched the modern civil rights struggle and left a rich legacy.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City | Martha Biondi | Paperback | 9780674019829 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1771076","offer_id":49550636187800,"sku":"1771076","price":174.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71xVmR4Y6AL.jpg?v=1784902494","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/to-stand-and-fight-the-struggle-for-civil-rights-in-postwar-new-york-city","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}