Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations xi
4. Illustrations xiii
5. Preface xvii
6. Prologue xxi
7. Part One. South Brooklyn
8. Chapter 1 Mary and Joe 1
9. Chapter 2 Family Room Crime 11
10. Chapter 3 Mrs. Sansone and Capo Colombo 16
11. Part Two. Civil Rights Confidential
12. Chapter 4 A Rage in Harlem (1960) 23
13. Chapter 5 Boycott (1961) 30
14. Chapter 6 Knotty Pine Politics (1962) 32
15. Chapter 7 Racial Equality on the Waterfront (1963) 34
16. Chapter 8 Most Wanted (1964) 40
17. Chapter 9 Mafia Literati (1965) 46
18. Chapter 10 Black Power Provocation (1966) 47
19. Chapter 11 Exclusively Italian (1967) 53
20. Chapter 12 Ethnic Harmony Amidst Civil Disorder (1968) 59
21. Chapter 13 “The Mark of an Emergent Self-Consciousness” (1969) 72
22. Part Three. Rise Up!
23. Chapter 14 Day 1 (April 30, 1970) 85
24. Chapter 15 Picket (May) 91
25. Chapter 16 The League (June) 97
26. Chapter 17 Unity Day (June 29) 105
27. Chapter 18 Alliance Averted (July) 115
28. Chapter 19 The M-Word (August) 124
29. Chapter 20 San Gennaro Handshake (September) 127
30. Chapter 21 Some Kind of Wonderful (October) 132
31. Chapter 22 The Offer (November) 139
32. Chapter 23 Sister Joe (December) 144
33. Chapter 24 Man of the Year (January 1971) 153
34. Chapter 25 Hollywood Deal (February) 156
35. Chapter 26 No-Show (March) 161
36. Chapter 27 Park-Sheraton Slap (April) 167
37. Chapter 28 CIAO Coalition (May) 175
38. Chapter 29 Scorpio (June) 187
39. Chapter 30 Columbus Circle (June 28) 199
40. Part Four. Stayin’ Alive
41. Chapter 31 Nowhere Man (1971) 203
42. Chapter 32 Cellar to Suite (1971) 208
43. Chapter 33 Button Men (1971–72) 211
44. Chapter 34 Wobbly and Quaker (1971–72) 218
45. Chapter 35 New League Retreat: Canarsie’s Busing Crisis (1972–73) 222
46. Chapter 36 “A Model for All New Yorkers” (1973–75) 232
47. Chapter 37 A League of Their Own: Williamsburg’s Neighborhood Women (1974–77) 241
48. Chapter 38 Requiem and Redemption (1977–79) 252
49. Chapter 39 The Machine Strikes Back (1977–79) 255
50. Coda 266
51. Notes 267
52. Selected Bibliography 303
53. Acknowledgments 307
54. Index 311