David F. Krugler

1919, The Year of Racial Violence

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Produktbeschreibung

Krugler recounts African Americans' brave stand against a cascade of mob attacks in the United States after World War I.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781107639614
• ISBN-10: 1107639611
• Artikelnr.: 41608595

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. World War I and the New Negro movement
2. 'We return fighting': the first wave of armed resistance
3. Fighting a mob in uniform: armed resistance in Washington, DC
4. Blood in the streets: armed resistance in Chicago
5. Armed resistance to the courthouse mobs
6. Armed resistance to economic exploitation in Arkansas, Indiana, and Louisiana
7. 'It is my only protection': federal and state efforts to disarm African Americans
8. The fight for justice: the arrests and trials of black and white rioters
9. The fight for justice: the death penalty cases
10. Fighting Judge Lynch
Conclusion: 1919's aftermath and its importance in the black freedom struggle.