American pogrom : the East St. Louis Race Riot and Black politics / Charles L. Lumpkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lumpkins, Charles L.

Series:

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Saint Louis Race Riot, East Saint Louis, Ill., 1917.

Race riots--Illinois--East Saint Louis--History--20th century.

Race riots.

African Americans--Crimes against--Illinois--East Saint Louis--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Illinois--East Saint Louis--History.

African Americans--Illinois--East Saint Louis--Social conditions.

East Saint Louis (Ill.)--Race relations--History.

East Saint Louis (Ill.).

East Saint Louis (Ill.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On July 2-3, 1917, race riots rocked the small industrial city of East Saint Louis, Illinois. 'American Pogrom' takes the reader beyond that one point in time to explore black people's activism from the antebellum era through to the eve of the post-World War II civil rights movement.

Contents:

Historical roots of an African American community, 1800-1898

The African American political experience, 1898-1915

The May uprising : an end to expanding Black power

The July massacre : "we'll have a White man's town"

Return to the political arena, 1917-1929

Breaking the deadlock, 1930-1945.

Notes:

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Pennsylvania State University, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-297) and index.

ISBN:

0-8214-4297-X

OCLC:

764509429