Jerald Podair: 2 books
City of Dreams
Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
On the sixtieth anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform the city.
When Walter O'Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a new ballpark next to downtown,...
The Strike That Changed New York
Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
On May 9, 1968, junior high school teacher Fred Nauman received a letter that would change the history of New York City. It informed him that he had been fired from his job. Eighteen other educators in the Ocean Hill–Brownsville area of Brooklyn received similar letters that day. The dismissed educators...