Red summer, the Summer of 1919 and the awakening of Black America, Cameron McWhirter
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Red summer, the Summer of 1919 and the awakening of Black America, Cameron McWhirter
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-338) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsplatesmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Red summer
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
671491689
Responsibility statement
Cameron McWhirter
Sub title
the Summer of 1919 and the awakening of Black America
Summary
A narrative history of one of America's deadliest episodes of race riots and lynchings traces how black Americans were brutally targeted by anti-black uprisings that culminated in hundreds of deaths and set the stage for the civil rights movement
Table Of Contents
Carswell Grove -- Things fall apart -- The world is on fire -- The NAACP -- National C.onference on Lynching -- Charleston -- Bombs and the decline of the West -- Ellisville -- Cleveland -- Longview -- Washington -- Chicago is a great foreign city -- The beach -- Like a great volcano -- Austin --Knoxville -- A new Negro -- Omaha -- Phillips County -- Let the nation see itself -- Capitol Hill -- Coda : Carswell Grove
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Violence against + History -- 20th century
- Lynching -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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- African Americans + Social conditions -- 20th century
- Race riots -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Violence against + History -- 20th century
- Lynching -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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