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'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning': New York City in the 1970s
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Bronx in the 1970s was a perfect storm of things going wrong in New York City: poor urban planning, white flight, budget cuts to municipal and social services, and discriminatory practices coverged into a pressure cooker -- and the outcome was fiery and devastating. But we can't talk about the Bronx burning without ending on the phoenix that emerged from the rubble: the birth of hip-hop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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