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

by David Krugler

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107639611
• ISBN13: 9781107639614
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"