Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s - Couverture rigide

Horne, Gerald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813916267 ISBN 13 : 9780813916262

Editeur : University of Virginia Press, 1995

Synopsis

Thirty years ago, in August 1965, the predominantly black neighbourhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. This is the first comprehensive treatment of that uprising. Property losses reached hundreds of millions of dollars and the official death toll was thirty-four, but the political results were even more profound. The civil rights movement was placed on the defensive as the image of meek and angelic protestors in the South was replaced by the image of "rioting" blacks in the West. A "white backlash" ensued that led directly to Ronald Reagan's being elected governor of California in 1966. Gerald Horne weaves a compelling account which suggests that crucial developments in the 1960s - including the rise of black nationalism and a white backlash - are grounded in the preceding decades' repression of the interracial left. With the Red Scare, the decline of the left and of working-class organisations came the rise of black nationalism. In "Fire This Time" Horne delineates the central roles played by Ronald Reagan, Tom Bradley, Martin Luther King, Jr., Edmund G. Brown and organisations such as the NAACP, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam and gangs. He documents the role of the Cold War in dismantling of legalised segregation, and he looks at the impact of race, region, class, gender and age on postwar Los Angeles. All this he considers in light of world developments, particularly in Vietnam, the Soviet Union, China and Africa. "Fire This Time" should be of interest to students and scholars of Afro-American history, race relations, American politics, Western history and anyone interested in the 1960s and current events.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. The official death toll was thirty-four; property losses reached hundreds of millions of dollars; but the political results were even more profound. The civil rights movement was placed on the defensive as the image of rioting blacks in the West replaced the image of meek and angelic protestors in the South. A white backlash ensued that led directly to Ronald Reagan's election as governor of California in 1966.This is the first comprehensive treatment of the uprising, its causes, and its aftermath, and is based on hundreds of oral histories and unprecedented archival research. With a cast that includes Ronald Reagan, Tom Bradley, Martin Luther King, Jr., Edmund G. Brown, the NAACP, the Black Panthers, the Nation of Islam, and thousands of blacks and whites, Fire This Time is a compelling account of an event that changed the face of racial justice in America.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gerald Horne has taught at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of California, Santa Barbara. His books include Black Liberation/Red Scare, Race for the Planet, and Black and Red: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Afro-American Response to the Cold War.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Virginia Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813916267
• ISBN 13: 9780813916262
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible