Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s (Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies) - Hardcover

Horne, Gerald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813916267 ISBN 13: 9780813916262

Publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr, 1995

Synopsis

In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. This is the first comprehensive treatment of that uprising.

Gerald Horne weaves a compelling account which suggests that crucial developments in the 1960s- including the rise of black nationalism and a white backlash- are grounded in the preceding decades' repression of the interracial left.

In Fire This Time Horne delineates the central roles played by important political leaders and organizations. He documents the role of the Cold War in the dismantling of legalized segregation, and he looks at the impact of race, religion, class, gender, and age on postwar Los Angeles.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerald Horne, presently a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of History of the University of Zimbabwe, teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His previous books include Black Liberation/Red Scare: Ben Davis and the Communist Party; Race for the Planet: The U.S. and the New World Order; and Black and Red: W.E.B. DuBois and the Afro-American Response to the Cold War, 1944-1963.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0813916267
• ISBN 13: 9780813916262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 443