{"product_id":"strike-the-hammer-9781501756047","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Warren Hill is Associate Professor of History at Bloomfield College. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Black Power\u003c\/i\u003e and has published in \u003ci\u003eJournal for the Study of Radicalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJournal of African American History\u003c\/i\u003e. Follow her on X @Mohojolo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478912733458,"sku":"9781501756047","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b9cbd39-ff3d-420f-bf19-ae71aca5f787.jpg?v=1730308501","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strike-the-hammer-9781501756047","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}