The Great Uprising: Race Riots in Urban America during the 1960s
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Tuesday, March 27th 2018
7:30 pm
Red Emma's
(Postponed until 3/27 due to inclement weather!) Between 1963 and 1972 America experienced over 750 urban revolts.
Considered collectively, they comprise what Peter Levy terms a 'Great
Uprising'. Levy examines these uprisings over the arc of the entire
decade, in various cities across America. He challenges both
conservative and liberal interpretations, emphasizing that these riots
must be placed within historical context to be properly understood. By
focusing on three specific cities as case studies - Cambridge and
Baltimore, Maryland, and York, Pennsylvania - Levy demonstrates the
impact which these uprisings had on millions of ordinary Americans. He
shows how conservatives profited politically by constructing a
misleading narrative of their causes, and also suggests that the riots
did not represent a sharp break or rupture from the civil rights
movement. Finally, Levy presents a cautionary tale by challenging us to
consider if the conditions that produced this 'Great Uprising' are still
predominant in American culture today.
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