The racial murder of a young boy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, made headlines from Manhattan to Hong Kong. With the trials that ensued, New York City exploded with angry protests from black activists and the friends and neighbors of the white youths accused of the crime. DeSantis here offers a compelling account of the incident. 16 pages of photographs.
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The racial murder of a young boy in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, made headlines from Manhattan to Hong Kong. With the trials that ensued, New York City exploded with angry protests from black activists and the friends and neighbors of the white youths accused of the crime. DeSantis here offers a compelling account of the incident. 16 pages of photographs.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. The full story of the 1989 shooting death of a black New Yorker by whites, the racial tensions which led to it and fueled the incident, the reactions by police, the trials of the suspects, the protests by blacks and whites afterwards, the inflammatory activist role of Reverend Al Sharpton, the crisis that Mayor Ed Koch faced from it all, media's role, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, 240pp., book shows blank ffep excised, a couple of pages show smudges. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. DJ in mylar, expected minimal library markings. Book clean & tight. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 240 p. Audience: General/trade.
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