1919, the Year of Racial Violence How African Americans Fought Back

Name: 1919, the Year of Racial Violence How African Americans Fought Back
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ISBN: 9781107639614

ISBN-10: 1107639611

ISBN-13: 9781107639614

Edition: 2014

Authors: David F. Krugler

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1919, The Year of Racial Violence recounts African Americans' brave stand against a cascade of mob attacks in the United States after World War I. The emerging New Negro identity, which prized unflinching resistance to second-class citizenship, further inspired veterans and their fellow black citizens. In city after city - Washington, DC; Chicago; Charleston; and elsewhere - black men and women took up arms to repel mobs that used lynching, assaults, and other forms of violence to protect white supremacy; yet, authorities blamed blacks for the violence, leading to mass arrests and misleading news coverage. Refusing to yield, African Americans sought accuracy and fairness in the courts of…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/8/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 348
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

David F. Krugler is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville.