Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America by
Cameron McWhirter ISBN: 9781250009067
Published by St. Martin's Press on July 3rd 2012
Genres: History,
United States,
20th Century,
Social Science,
Ethnic Studies,
African American Studies Pages: 368
Len's Summary: The end of WWI witnessed a spate of lynchings sparked by white supremacy augmented by the pseudo-science of eugenics as white fears of economic integration were conflated with fears of communism. This was the greatest period of racial strife ever seen in America, but it also marked the first glimmer of the civil rights movement that erupted four decades later. Also available as a Nook book.