{"product_id":"strike-the-hammer-laura-warren-hill-9781501754258","title":"Strike the Hammer","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn July 24, 1964, chaos erupted in Rochester, New York. \u003ci\u003eStrike the Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e examines the unrest--rebellion by the city's Black community, rampant police brutality--that would radically change the trajectory of the Civil Rights movement. After overcoming a violent response by State Police, the fight for justice, in an upstate town rooted in black power movements, was reborn. That resurgence owed much to years of organizing and resistance in the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Warren Hill examines Rochester's long Civil Rights history and, drawing extensively on oral accounts of the northern, urban community, offers rich and detailed stories of the area's protest tradition. Augmenting oral testimonies with records from the NAACP, SCLC, and the local FIGHT, \u003ci\u003e Strike the Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e paints a compelling picture of the foundations for the movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, especially, this story of struggle for justice and resistance to inequality resonates. Hill leads us to consider the social, political, and economic environment more than fifty years ago and how that founding generation of activists left its mark on present-day Rochester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Warren Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501754254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501754258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Laura Warren Hill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943183581439,"sku":"9781501754258","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_42337b2e-30da-4ca9-8d91-e52134d1144d.jpg?v=1681496687","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strike-the-hammer-laura-warren-hill-9781501754258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}