Building a Latino civil rights movement : Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and the pursuit of racial justice in New York City

Building a Latino civil rights movement : Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and the pursuit of racial justice in New York City / Sonia Song-Ha Lee.

Author/creator	Lee, Sonia Song-Ha.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Description	xi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Puerto Ricans--Civil rights --New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. Puerto Ricans--New York (State) --New York --Politics and government --20th century. Puerto Ricans--New York (State) --New York --Social conditions --20th century. African Americans--Civil rights --New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. African Americans--New York (State) --New York --Politics and government --20th century. Civil rights movements--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century. African Americans--Relations with Hispanic Americans. New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations. New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.

Series	Justice, Power, and Politics Justice, power, and politics. ^A1147248
Contents	Puerto Ricans, race, and ethnicity in postwar New York City -- We were walking on egg shells: Puerto Rican and Black workers' political dissent in the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union -- From social reform to political organizing: building a new consciousness of resistance -- If you have a Black Numero Uno, let's have a Puerto Rican Numero Dos: building Puerto Rican and Black political power through the war on poverty -- From racial integration to community control: the struggle for quality education -- The breaking of a coalition: institutionalizing power and the remaking of a Hispanic identity.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013047867
ISBN	9781469614137 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	1469614138 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F128.9 .P85 L44 2014	✔ Available	Place Hold