Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America

by Cameron McWhirter

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A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War. Instead, an unprecedented wave of anti-black riots and lynchings swept the country for eight...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1250009065

ISBN13:9781250009067

Release Date:July 2012

Publisher:St. Martin's Griffin

Length:368 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

American History Jim Crow Laws Racial Inequality Social Justice The Civil Rights Movement 20th Century African-American Studies Cultural History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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