'The Hardhat Riot'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jul 7, 2020

Author David Paul Kuhn discusses his book, The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution, which explores what led construction workers to violently confront peaceful Vietnam War protesters in downtown Manhattan on May 8, 1970.

 

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