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Summer of Rage
An Oral History of the 1967 Newark and Detroit Riots
Max Arthur Herman
Drawing on oral history interviews and archival materials,
Summer of Rage examines the causes and consequences of urban unrest that occurred in Newark and Detroit during the summer of 1967. It seeks to give voice to those who experienced these events firsthand and places personal narratives in a broader theoretical framework involving issues of collective memory, trauma, race relations, and urban development. Further, the volume explores the multiple truths present in these contentious events and thereby sheds light on the past, present, and future of these cities.
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Summer of Rage
“Summer of Rage beautifully chronicles the civil disorders/riots (residents, scholars, and leaders still cannot agree on the correct term) in Detroit and Newark in the summer of 1967, a summer that would come to define the urban uprisings throughout the country and were symbols of racial inequality and decay in the nation’s cities.
“Max Arthur Herman uses archival materials and in-depth interviews with eye witnesses, police and national guardsmen, and civil rights leaders to paint a vivid picture of the events and their long term effects on both cities from 1967 to the present, when both cities continue to struggle with many of the same problems that led to the summer of rage. Although Newark has witnessed some improvements, especially in its downtown, the Central Ward where the disorders occurred, for example, is still poor, segregated, and continues to have housing, crime, and educational problems. Detroit suffers from dire economic and educational problems and remains one of the most segregated cities in the country.
“Using insightful sociological analyses, Herman provides an important understanding of the events and how they shaped the next 45 years and the collective identities of both cities. Herman’s portrait of a city still haunted by the past as it struggles to move forward rings especially true.”
Alan R. Sadovnik,
Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Education,
Sociology, and Public Affairs,
Rutgers University-Newark
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