6. “Riotland”: Race and the Decline of Urban Amusements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. A Tarnished Golden Age: Race and Recreation Before World War II 13
5. 2. The Fifth Freedom: Racial Liberalism, Nonviolence, and Recreation Riots in the 1940s 47
6. 3. “A Northern City with a Southern Exposure”: Challenging Recreational Segregation in the 1950s 88
7. 4. Violence in the City of Good Neighbors: Delinquency and Consumer Rights in the Postwar City 125
8. 5. Building a National Movement: Students Confront Recreational Segregation 158
9. 6. “Riotland”: Race and the Decline of Urban Amusements 194
10. Conclusion 226
11. Notes 235
12. Index 297
13. Acknowledgments 307