Blood in the Streets - Racism, Riots and Murders in the Heartland of America - Tapa blanda

Baker, Daniel L.; Nalls, Gwen

 
9780989845007: Blood in the Streets - Racism, Riots and Murders in the Heartland of America
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ISBN 10: 0989845001 ISBN 13: 9780989845007
Editorial: Forensic Publications, 2014

Sinopsis

Based on actual events, the book describes in detail what it was like during urban America’s most violent decade; 1965-1975 when policing was low-tech and gritty. Dayton, Ohio experienced three riots; one of which was sparked by the shooting of an unarmed black man by police. The City suffered more violence when a white racist serial killer, who hated the desegregation of Dayton Public Schools, randomly shot over 30 black men over four summers. The city of 260,000 recorded over 100 homicides for a few years during which two police officers and a popular civil rights leader were murdered. The story follows a rookie cop during the riots and later as a Homicide Detective who came face-to-face with the serial killer at the scene of his last murder. The story, rich with historical background, describes how blacks and whites worked together to end violence and showed it is never to late to heal racial conflict.

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Reseña del editor

Based on actual events, the book describes in detail what it was like during urban America's most violent decade; 1965-1975 when policing was low-tech and gritty. Dayton, Ohio experienced three riots; one of which was sparked by the shooting of an unarmed black man by police. The City suffered more violence when a white racist serial killer, who hated the desegregation of Dayton Public Schools, randomly shot over 30 black men over four summers. The city of 260,000 recorded over 100 homicides for a few years during which two police officers and a popular civil rights leader were murdered. The story follows a rookie cop during the riots and later as a Homicide Detective who came face-to-face with the serial killer at the scene of his last murder. The story, rich with historical background, describes how blacks and whites worked together to end violence and showed it is never to late to heal racial conflict.

Reseña del editor

In the midst of a nation suffering through riots and racial strife in the 1965-1975 era which was one of the most violent periods in urban American history, a racist sniper roamed the streets of Dayton,Ohio.He stalked and killed black men as a vigilante determined to stop federal court-ordered public school desegregation and the mixing of races.During this period,the city endured multiple riots.The story is told via experiences of the authors, one a rookie police officer who became a homicide detective, and the other author who grew up during that period in the segregated city. The story weaves its way through violence and reconciliation of the black and white communities as the city coped with racism, riots and murder. Author Dan Baker served 25 years with the Dayton Police Department. Author Gwen Nalls attended Dayton public schools; and is a licensed attorney in the state of Ohio.

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Editorial
Forensic Publications
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0989845001
ISBN 13 
9780989845007
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
346
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