Race Riots and Resistance

Jan Voogd

ISBN 10: 1433100681 / ISBN 13: 9781433100680

Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, US, 2008

Race Riots and Resistance uncovers a long-hidden, tragic chapter of American history. Focusing on the «Red Summer» of 1919 in which black communities were targeted by white mobs, the book examines the contexts out of which white racial violence arose. It shows how the riots transcended any particularity of cause, and in doing so calls into question many longstanding beliefs about racial violence. The book goes on to portray the riots as a phenomenon, documenting the number of incidents, describing the events in detail, and analyzing the patterns that emerge from looking at the riots collectively. Finally and significantly, Race Riots and Resistance argues that the response to the riots marked an early stage of what came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781433100680

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Race Riots and Resistance uncovers a long-hidden, tragic chapter of American history. Focusing on the «Red Summer» of 1919 in which black communities were targeted by white mobs, the book examines the contexts out of which white racial violence arose. It shows how the riots transcended any particularity of cause, and in doing so calls into question many longstanding beliefs about racial violence. The book goes on to portray the riots as a phenomenon, documenting the number of incidents, describing the events in detail, and analyzing the patterns that emerge from looking at the riots collectively. Finally and significantly, Race Riots and Resistance argues that the response to the riots marked an early stage of what came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: The Author: Jan Voogd has been Head of Collection Management for the Social Sciences Program at the Harvard College Library for ten years. She was awarded a Bryant Fellowship in 2004. Her other books include Maynard, Massachusetts: A House in the Village (2007), and she has contributed articles to several encyclopedias.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Race Riots and Resistance
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, US
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Hardback
Zustand: New