1919, The Year of Racial Violence, David F. Krugler
1919, The Year of Racial Violence, David F. Krugler
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1919, The Year of Racial Violence
How African Americans Fought Back

Author: David F. Krugler

Narrator: David Sadzin

Unabridged: 13 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/22/2020

Synopsis

1919, The Year of Racial Violence recounts African Americans' brave stand against a cascade of mob attacks in the United States after World War I. The emerging New Negro identity, which prized unflinching resistance to second-class citizenship, further inspired veterans and their fellow black citizens. In city after city—Washington, DC; Chicago; Charleston; and elsewhere—black men and women took up arms to repel mobs that used lynching, assaults, and other forms of violence to protect white supremacy; yet, authorities blamed blacks for the violence, leading to mass arrests and misleading news coverage. Refusing to yield, African Americans sought accuracy and fairness in the courts of public opinion and the law. This is the first account of this three-front fight—in the streets, in the press, and in the courts—against mob violence during one of the worst years of racial conflict in US history.

About David F. Krugler

David F. Krugler is a historian and novelist. His works of nonfiction include books on government propaganda, Cold War civil defense, and racial conflict in the United States. He is a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where he has taught since completing his PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Randall

After the Stamp Act of 1765, “hundreds of riots broke out in the colonies”. Then came thirty-nine race riots between 1824 and 1849, all caused by challenges to white supremacy. Richard Maxwell Brown called it “living together violently.” Between 1865 and 1875, in just Louisiana alone, 2,141 blacks l......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

"1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back" by David F. Krugler was not a book I would have picked up on my own. I was part of a book club that decided to read this book. I am glad that I read it because it was part of the United States history that I knew nothing about. M......more

Goodreads review by Kristi

I was completely unaware of the racial violence that took place in 1919, but understood the basis for increased white supremacist hatred as Soldiers of Color returned from WWI. These men had proved themselves brave and capable in "making the world safe for democracy" but were expected to accept the......more

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