American Pogrom: The East St. Louis Race Riot and Black Politics
(Part of the Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest Series)
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On July 2 and 3, 1917, a mob of white men and women looted and torched the homes and businesses of African Americans in the small industrial city of East St. Louis, Illinois. When the terror ended, the attackers had destroyed property worth millions of dollars, razed several neighborhoods, injured hundreds, and forced at least seven thousand black townspeople to seek refuge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. By the official account,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0821418025
ISBN13:9780821418024
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:Ohio University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.02 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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