The Holly : five bullets, one gun, and the struggle to save an American neighborhood /
Rubinstein, Julian,
The Holly : five bullets, one gun, and the struggle to save an American neighborhood / Julian Rubinstein. - First edition. - xii, 380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378).
"A history of the Denver neighborhood known as the Holly and the controversial anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts"-- On the last evening of summer in 2013, five shots rang out in a part of northeast Denver known as the Holly. Long a destination for African American families fleeing the Jim Crow South, the area had become an "invisible city" within a historically white metropolis. The shooter, Terrance Roberts, was a revered anti-gang activist. Rubinstein reconstructs the events that left a local gang member paralyzed and Roberts facing the possibility of life in prison. The result is a multigenerational saga of race and politics that runs from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, exploring the porous boundaries between a city's elites and its most disadvantaged citizens. -- adapted from jacket
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Gangs--Colorado--Denver.
Gang prevention--Colorado--Denver.
Violent crimes--Prevention.--Colorado--Denver
Community development--Colorado--Denver.
True crime stories.
The Holly : five bullets, one gun, and the struggle to save an American neighborhood / Julian Rubinstein. - First edition. - xii, 380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-378).
"A history of the Denver neighborhood known as the Holly and the controversial anti-gang activist Terrance Roberts"-- On the last evening of summer in 2013, five shots rang out in a part of northeast Denver known as the Holly. Long a destination for African American families fleeing the Jim Crow South, the area had become an "invisible city" within a historically white metropolis. The shooter, Terrance Roberts, was a revered anti-gang activist. Rubinstein reconstructs the events that left a local gang member paralyzed and Roberts facing the possibility of life in prison. The result is a multigenerational saga of race and politics that runs from the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, exploring the porous boundaries between a city's elites and its most disadvantaged citizens. -- adapted from jacket
9780374168919 0374168911
2020057989
Gangs--Colorado--Denver.
Gang prevention--Colorado--Denver.
Violent crimes--Prevention.--Colorado--Denver
Community development--Colorado--Denver.
True crime stories.