William D. Green

Strike!

Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book recreates twenty days in April 1970 when a then-illegal strike by Minneapolis's public school teachers marked a singular moment of cultural upheaval-and forever changed the city's politics, labor law, educational climate, and the right to collective bargaining"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• ISBN-13: 9781517913441
• ISBN-10: 1517913446
• Artikelnr.: 72603750

Autorenporträt

William D. Green is the M. Anita Gaye Hawthorne Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and professor of history at Augsburg University. He is author of The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876 and Degrees of Freedom: The Origins of Civil Rights in Minnesota, 1865–1912 (both winners of the Hognander Minnesota History Award) and Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota, all published by Minnesota. He is vice president of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: In the Glare of the President’s Eyes
1. The Gathering of the 1025 Club at 50th and Nicollet
2. Alone on a Very Dangerous Path: The Legacy
3. A Plan of Action
4. “Three Weeks in the Bitter Cold”
5. A Question for Being
6. The Split Within
7. Political Capital
8. No Torch, No Gun: A Delicate State
9. Waiting for the Shadows to Disappear
10. No Alternatives
11. “It’s a stinking law!”
Epilogue: A New Day
Notes
Index