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"Seeing red" : federal campaigns against Black militancy, 1919-1925 / Theodore Kornweibel, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kornweibel, Theodore.
- Series:
- Blacks in the diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History.
- United States.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Black power--United States--History--20th century.
- Black power.
- African American communists.
- History.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African American communists--History.
- Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Anti-communist movements.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 225 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Now in Paper! -- "Seeing Red"Federal CampaignsAgainst Black Militancy, 1919-1925Theodore Kornweibel, Jr. A gripping, painstakingly documented account of a neglectedchapter in the history of American politicalintelligence. "Kornweibel is an adept storyteller who admits he isdrawn to the role of the historian-as-detective....What emerges is a fascinatingtale of secret federal agents, many of them blacks, who were willing to takeadvantage of the color of their skin to spy upon others of their race. And it is atale of sometimes desperate and frequently angry government officials, including J.Edgar Hoover, who were willing to go to great lengths to try to stop what theyperceived as threats to continued white supremacy." -- Patrick S. Washburn, Journalism History -- Theodore Kornweibel, Jr., Professor of AfricanAmerican history in the Africana Studies Department at San Diego State University, is author of No Crystal Stair and In Search of the PromisedLand. Blacks in the Diaspora -- Darlene Clark Hine, JohnMcCluskey, Jr., and David Barry Gaspar, general editors
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253333377
- OCLC:
- 36549022
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