Ballots and bullets, Black Power politics and urban guerrilla warfare in 1968 Cleveland, James Robenalt
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- Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Black interest
- Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Black power -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century
- Race riots -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century
- Police-community relations -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century
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Ballots and bullets, Black Power politics and urban guerrilla warfare in 1968 Cleveland, James Robenalt
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Ballots and bullets
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1005202991
Responsibility statement
James Robenalt
Sub title
Black Power politics and urban guerrilla warfare in 1968 Cleveland
Summary
"Ballots and Bullets examines the revolutionary calls for addressing racism through guerrilla warfare in America's streets. It also puts into perspective the political aftermath, as racial violence and rebellions in most American cities led to white backlash and provided lift to the counterrevolution that brought Richard Nixon to power, effectively marking an end to President Johnson's 'War on Poverty.' Fifty years later, many politicians still call for 'law and order' to combat urban unrest. The Black Lives Matter movement and continued instances of police misconduct and brutality show that the cycle of race-based violence continues. The root causes?racism and poverty?remain largely unaddressed." -- Amazon.com
Table of contents
"Watch yourself, Willie" -- "We will meet violence with violence and lynching with lynching" -- "We will meet physical force with soul force" -- "The hate that hate produced" -- "You nigger pickaninnies, stay out of our schools, this is our neighborhood!" -- "The ballot or the bullet" -- "There's no room for a rifle club named after Medgar Evers" -- "I am on the outside" -- "The Black Stalin" -- "Whatever you fear is what you worship" -- "Their fight is for dignity and work" -- "A daily battle against depression and hopelessness" -- "Hough" -- "Reliability and discretion assured" -- "Blood will flow in the streets" -- "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" -- "He speaks my views" -- "He desperately needed a victory" -- "As lambs for the slaughter" -- "You should establish their unsavory backgrounds" -- "The voice of madness" -- "Cleveland: NOW!" -- "The good news in American cities is coming out of Cleveland" -- "Having a gun is no crime" -- "Tow truck in trouble" -- "This is only the beginning" -- "A lot of people are going to get killed" -- "The case against Fred Ahmed Evans is weak" -- "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
Target audience
adult
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