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
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-338) and index
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non fiction
Main title
Red summer
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bibliography
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671491689
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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 Conference 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
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