198 pages : black and white illustrations, map, portraits, facsimiles ; 27 cm.
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Catalyst -- The beach -- A time to reap -- First whispers -- Freedom fight -- Self-reliance -- White Negroes -- Waste matters -- Parallel universes -- A stone's throw -- Up from the south -- A higher call -- The northern fever -- A real place for Negroes -- A job, any job -- Full to bursting -- Respectability and respect -- Reaping the whirlwind -- Tensions rising -- Last straws -- Race riot -- Ratcheting up -- Point counterpoint -- Moment of truth.
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Summary
This is a compelling look at the Chicago race riot of 1919, a crisis in the history of race relations that is echoed in today's headlines.
