Description: "This book explores the rise of the Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, NY across the mid-twentieth century. It examines Black migration, politics, rebellions, organizing, and capitalism"--
Review Quotes:
In Strike the Hammer, a history of the Black Freedom Struggle in New York, Laura Warren Hill builds a compelling case for expanding the study of Black Power beyond the large urban areas. Methodologically, Hill's work as an oral historian is prodigious. The oral histories she conducted and drew from painted a picture of coalitions and neighborhoods that embraced diverse political stances. Analytically, Strike the Hammer illuminates how smaller urban areas with smaller Black communities bred their own Black Power movements.
-- "Journal of African American History"