Matthew Vaz (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226690445
- eISBN:
- 9780226690582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226690582.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter explores the politics of gambling in New York City. A long tradition of demands for black autonomy in the gambling business confronted a well developed system of gambling corruption in ...
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This chapter explores the politics of gambling in New York City. A long tradition of demands for black autonomy in the gambling business confronted a well developed system of gambling corruption in the New York Police Department. A citywide scandal relating to police corruption beginning in 1950, led to a crisis of police morale. As successive police commissioners attempted to clean up the gambling corruption problem in the department, the rank and file became increasingly militant and defensive. The poor reputation of the NYPD as a corrupt and brutal force undercut the ability of police to maintain order in the city, culminating with the Harlem Riot of 1964.Less
This chapter explores the politics of gambling in New York City. A long tradition of demands for black autonomy in the gambling business confronted a well developed system of gambling corruption in the New York Police Department. A citywide scandal relating to police corruption beginning in 1950, led to a crisis of police morale. As successive police commissioners attempted to clean up the gambling corruption problem in the department, the rank and file became increasingly militant and defensive. The poor reputation of the NYPD as a corrupt and brutal force undercut the ability of police to maintain order in the city, culminating with the Harlem Riot of 1964.
David Goldberg
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469633626
- eISBN:
- 9781469633633
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469633626.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter charts the growth of the Vulcan Society in both numbers and stature during the postwar era. Led by Wesley Williams’ protégé, Robert Lowery, this second generation of Black firefighters ...
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This chapter charts the growth of the Vulcan Society in both numbers and stature during the postwar era. Led by Wesley Williams’ protégé, Robert Lowery, this second generation of Black firefighters rapidly expanded the organization’s size, civic engagement, public profile, and influence within the FDNY and Democratic politics by the early 1960s.Less
This chapter charts the growth of the Vulcan Society in both numbers and stature during the postwar era. Led by Wesley Williams’ protégé, Robert Lowery, this second generation of Black firefighters rapidly expanded the organization’s size, civic engagement, public profile, and influence within the FDNY and Democratic politics by the early 1960s.
Joshua M. Zeitz
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807830956
- eISBN:
- 9781469602691
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807872802_zeitz.11
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
The 1960s saw Jews and Catholics in New York City converge in their position on race relations. Both groups began the decade as strong supporters of integration but eventually turned into skeptics of ...
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The 1960s saw Jews and Catholics in New York City converge in their position on race relations. Both groups began the decade as strong supporters of integration but eventually turned into skeptics of its social value. There was a possibility that the city's Irish, Italian, and Jewish voters might forge a united electoral block and form a cross-ethnic backlash constituency. This did not happen, however. There was neither substantial defection by Jewish Democrats nor a sudden, fundamental political turn by Irish and Italian voters. This chapter examines the role played by race in New York's 1969 mayoral race that pitted John Lindsay, John Marchi, Mario Procaccino, Robert Wagner Jr., Herman Badillo, and novelist Norman Mailer. More specifically, it analyzed the trends in voting by Jews and Catholics during the elections.Less
The 1960s saw Jews and Catholics in New York City converge in their position on race relations. Both groups began the decade as strong supporters of integration but eventually turned into skeptics of its social value. There was a possibility that the city's Irish, Italian, and Jewish voters might forge a united electoral block and form a cross-ethnic backlash constituency. This did not happen, however. There was neither substantial defection by Jewish Democrats nor a sudden, fundamental political turn by Irish and Italian voters. This chapter examines the role played by race in New York's 1969 mayoral race that pitted John Lindsay, John Marchi, Mario Procaccino, Robert Wagner Jr., Herman Badillo, and novelist Norman Mailer. More specifically, it analyzed the trends in voting by Jews and Catholics during the elections.
