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Red Summer
- Author
- Cameron McWhirter
- Narrator
- L.J. Ganser
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 12 February 2019
- Run Time
- 12 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History, Human rights, civil rights, Society and culture: general, Ethnic studies, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history, Jurisprudence and general issues, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, Politics and government, Social discrimination and equal treatment
What to expect
After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War.
Instead, an unprecedented wave of anti–black riots and lynchings swept the country for eight months. From April to November of 1919, the racial unrest rolled across the South into the North and the Midwest, even to the nation's capital. Millions of lives were disrupted, and hundreds of lives were lost. Blacks responded by fighting back with an intensity and determination never seen before.
Red Summer is the first narrative history written about this epic encounter. Focusing on the worst riots and lynchings—including those in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Charleston, Omaha, and Knoxville—Cameron McWhirter chronicles the mayhem, while also exploring the first stirrings of a civil rights movement that would transform American society forty years later.
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- Author
- Cameron McWhirter
- Narrator
- L.J. Ganser
- Duration
- 12 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 February 2019
- ISBN
- 9781977343338
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History, Human rights, civil rights, Society and culture: general, Ethnic studies, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history, Jurisprudence and general issues, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, Politics and government, Social discrimination and equal treatment
Synopsis
A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings.After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War.Instead, an unprecedented wave of anti–black riots and lynchings swept the country for eight months. From April to November of 1919, the racial unrest rolled across the South into the North and the Midwest, even to the nation's capital. Millions of lives were disrupted, and hundreds of lives were lost. Blacks responded by fighting back with an intensity and determination never seen before.Red Summer is the first narrative history written about this epic encounter. Focusing on the worst riots and lynchings—including those in Chicago, Washington, D.C., Charleston, Omaha, and Knoxville—Cameron McWhirter chronicles the mayhem, while also exploring the first stirrings of a civil rights movement that would transform American society forty years later.
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