Anatomy of four race riots [electronic resource] : racial conflict in Knoxville, Elaine (Arkansas), Tulsa, and Chicago, 1919-1921 / Lee E. Williams and Lee E. Williams II ; foreword by Roy Wilkins.

9781604738209 (ebook) :

Jackson, [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 1972.

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This is a study of the terrible racial violence that erupted in four different communities of America during the post World War I years. Although the igniting incident or event varied somewhat, there was a similarity in the racial climate that existed in each town. The emerging blacks, boosted economically and idealistically by the war effort, were viewed as a threat by some of the whites. The bloody riots described here were grave evidence of the intensity of the fear and hatred that existed between a portion of the races.

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