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Author Dunn, Marvin, 1927-

Title The beast in Florida : a history of anti-Black violence / Marvin Dunn.

Imprint Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  305.8960759 D922b 2013    ---  Available
Description xi, 243 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The contexts of anti-black violence in Florida -- The oppression of Florida blacks -- Post-civil war anti-black violence -- Pre-Rosewood anti-black violence: selected incidents (1916-1922) -- The Rosewood massacre (1923) -- Post-Rosewood incidents (1934-1945) -- Pre-civil rights era anti-black violence: selected incidents (1949-1961).
Summary A chronicle of the incidents of racial violence in Florida from Reconstruction through the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Subject Racism -- Florida -- History.
Race discrimination -- Florida -- History.
African Americans -- Florida -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- Florida -- History.
Florida -- Race relations.
ISBN 9780813041636 (alk. paper)
0813041635 (alk. paper)
Standard No. 40021813285

 
    
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