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Penn Prof Asks: Why Aren't American Cities Burning?new

Income inequality between blacks and whites has been widening since 1973. Segregation is more severe. Since all data reveals that the inequality that motivated riots of the 1960s and early 1970s has only gotten worse, why then, Michael Katz wonders, has no one lit the match?
Philadelphia Weekly  |  Tara Murtha  |  11-23-2011  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Police Vets of the 1968 DNC Get Their Say in 'Battleground Chicago'new

First published in 2004 but reissued in paperback last May, in time for this summer’s round-number anniversary, Frank Kusch's Battleground Chicago tells the story of the infamous "police riot" at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. But here's a first: it's told from the cops' point of view.
Chicago Reader  |  Barry Wightman  |  08-26-2008  |  Nonfiction

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