Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America

Contents

Contents Introduction 1 1 A Tarnished Golden Age: Race and Recreation Before World War II 13 2 The Fifth Freedom: Racial Liberalism, Nonviolence, and Recreation Riots in the 1940s 47 3 “A Northern City with a Southern Exposure”: Challenging Recreational Segregation in the 1950s 88 4 Violence in the City of Good Neighbors: Delinquency and Consumer Rights in the Postwar City 125 5 Building a National Movement: Students Confront Recreational Segregation 158 6 “Riotland”: Race and the Decline of Urban Amusements 194 Conclusion 226 Notes 235 Index 297 Acknowledgments 307 This page intentionally left blank ...