Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America

by Cameron McWhirter

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250009065
• ISBN13: 9781250009067
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.3"