Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124) and index.
Contents:
A history of violence -- Wilmington, 1898: a democracy overthrown -- Atlanta, 1906: politics in a powder keg -- Springfield, 1908: murder in the City of Lincoln -- East St. Louis, 1917: worker against worker -- Chicago, 1919: the invisible line of color -- Tulsa, 1921: blood on "Black Wall Street" -- Detroit, 1943: wrecking America's arsenal.
Summary:
A history of the incidents of racial violence that occurred in the United States during the Jim Crow era.
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