Let My People Go: Cairo, Illinois 1967-1973

by Jan Peterson Roddy, Cherise Smith, Preston Ewing

Book Overview

When a young black soldier at home on leave was found hanged in a Cairo, Illinois, police station in 1967, the black and white populations of this southern Illinois river city clashed violently, and the fury, once ignited, raged on for seven years. Jan Peterson Roddy has brought together the photographs of Preston Ewing Jr. with a wealth of collateral materials to document these turbulent years of racial strife.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080932086X
• ISBN13: 9780809320868
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"