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5. Robert Moses and His Path to Integration
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: When Black and White Lived Together 1
- 1. The Utopian 21
- 2. The Anti-Utopian 33
- 3. The Birth of a Suburb, the Growth of a Ghetto 44
- 4. From Horses to Housing 52
- 5. Robert Moses and His Path to Integration 68
- 6. The Fight at the Construction Site 83
- 7. Creating Community 106
- 8. Integrated Living 130
- 9. Going to School 154
- 10. The Great Fear and the High-Crime Era 173
- 11. The 1968 Teachers’ Strike and the Implosion of Integration 191
- 12. As Integration Ebbed 215
- 13. The Trouble with the Teamsters 229
- Epilogue: Looking Backward 239
- Notes 253
- Selected Bibliography 301
- Acknowledgments 307
- Index 311
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: When Black and White Lived Together 1
- 1. The Utopian 21
- 2. The Anti-Utopian 33
- 3. The Birth of a Suburb, the Growth of a Ghetto 44
- 4. From Horses to Housing 52
- 5. Robert Moses and His Path to Integration 68
- 6. The Fight at the Construction Site 83
- 7. Creating Community 106
- 8. Integrated Living 130
- 9. Going to School 154
- 10. The Great Fear and the High-Crime Era 173
- 11. The 1968 Teachers’ Strike and the Implosion of Integration 191
- 12. As Integration Ebbed 215
- 13. The Trouble with the Teamsters 229
- Epilogue: Looking Backward 239
- Notes 253
- Selected Bibliography 301
- Acknowledgments 307
- Index 311