In this class we will consider the “(Not So) Good, Bad, and Ugly” of the times by exploring iconic, albeit tragic, events such as the 1964 Harlem Riots, the 1965 Blackout, assassination of Malcolm X and the murder of Kitty Genovese. We will try to relate these and other events to the common perception, chosen as the title of the book New York City in Crisis: A Study in Depth of Urban Sickness prepared by the staff of the New York Herald Tribune, one of The Big Apple’s eight or so daily newspapers that covered the stories with BLARING, GLARING, SCARING HEADLINES! Is it any wonder that when I was in the U.S. Army and living in Germany 1964-1966, I was a bit concerned about returning home? Below is our (Suzanne Nicoletti and MY) 1964 wedding photo.
Reading Selections for Week Four (2/27), as always available on the “Readings” page
Berger, Joseph. “Gay Talese Reminisces about Verrazano Construction” New York Times. (2014).
Calhoun, Ada, and Carla Mercer-Meyer. Selections from St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street. (2016).
Cotter, Holland. “When Artists Ran the Show: Inventing Downtown at NYU” New York Times. (2017).
Dylan, Bob. “The Lost Land,” in Chronicles: Volume 1. (2011).
Krase, Jerome. “Visualizing Ethnic Vernacular Landscapes,” in Race and Ethnicity in New York City. (2004).
Sontag, Susan. “On Photography” excerpt in Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society. editors Crowley, D. J., and Paul Heyer. (2007).
Yurick, Sol. “Introduction” in The Warriors. (1965).
Jerome Krase
February 13, 2017 — 11:48 am
In class on Wednesday we will explore the web for headlines, stories, crime data and other sources on the “The (Not so) Good, Bad, and Ugly” about “The Big Apple” (was it called that then?) in the Sixties. Over the past few weeks I’ve collected a ton of bad news (60s NYC Police Corruption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoNkmAUKWEg) and I’ll share my collection as well as other collections of materials and sources for the other topics we will interrogate during the semester. Although some people dismiss Wikipedia, I think it a good first look and on which one can filter a lot of information and leads. If you use it, make sure you check the sources, which should listed. Did you know that when these seminars started the class websites we created were called “wikis”? Perhaps they still are.
Jerome Krase
February 22, 2017 — 2:32 pm
1960s Events, International, National, NYC
Riots
Watts 1965
Chicago 1968
Detroit 1967
Harlem 1964 and 1968 Post MLK Assassination
Newark 1967
Reports
1968, the National Commission on Civil Disorder (known as the Kerner Commission)
Pentagon Papers 1967
Knapp Commission about the NYCPD in the 1960s (1972)
Events
Chicago Democratic National Convention Riots 1968
Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1964
Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961
Cuban Revolution 1959
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Apollo Man on the Moon 1969
Assassinations
John F. Kennedy 1963
Martin Luther King Jr 1968
Robert F. Kennedy 1968
Malcom X NYC 1965
NYC Events
Wall Street (I and II) and Hard Hat Riot 1970
Kitty Genovese Murder… Fact and Fiction
1965 East Coast Blackout
CBS News Biggest NYC Events of the 1960s
The Beatles 1964
NYC World’s Fair 1964-65
Verrazano Bridge Opening 1964
Republican, John Lindsay, becomes Mayor 1966
Woodstock 1969
Women’s Movement Protests
Anti-Miss America Pageant 1968
NYC Radical Women (Redstockings) Abortion Rights Speakout 1969