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Title: Show Me A Hero: A Tale of Murder, Suicide, Race & Redemption
Author: BELKIN LISA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/10/2015
Imprint: PAN MACMILLAN
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
Yonkers, New Jersey, 1987. Nicholas Wasicsko, the city's ambitious young mayor is given a court order demanding that the city build public housing on the white, middle-class side of town in order to right what the judge saw as intentional, decades-long pattern of segregation. As these cosy neighbourhoods were faced with the reality of a truly diverse and accepting community, the city went into crisis.
In the fine tradition of American reportage, <i><b>Show Me a Hero</b></i> is the story of a city divided by fear, racism, politics and even murder. It is also the story of the individuals whose lives were shattered by the meltdown: the young mother, the activist, the ambitious politician.
ISBN: 9781447295334
Weight: 300gr
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 352