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Author:

Miller, Calvin Craig, 1954-

Title:

Backlash : race riots in the Jim Crow Era / Calvin Craig Miller.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Morgan Reynolds Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Riots--United States--History--20th century.
Riots--United States.
African Americans--Crimes against.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
United States--Race relations.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Civil rights movement

ISBN:

1599351838 ((alk. paper))
9781599351834 ((alk. paper))

LCCN:

2011005673

Locations:

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)