In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois

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SIU Press, 29.08.2008 - 231 Seiten
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Winner of the Gustavus Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in the United States!
Winner of the Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award!

This detailed case study of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, which began only a few blocks from Abraham Lincoln’s family home, explores the social origins of rioting by whites against the city’s African American community after a white woman alleged that a black man had raped her. Over two days rioters wrecked black-owned businesses, burned neighborhoods to the ground, killed two black men, and injured many others.

Author Roberta Senechal de la Roche draws from a wide range of sources to describe the riot, identify the rioters and their victims, and challenge previous interpretations that attribute rioting to interracial competition for jobs, housing, or political influence. Written in a direct and clear style, In Lincoln’s Shadow documents a violent explosion of racial hatred that shocked the nation and reveals the complexity of white racial attitudes in the early twentieth century.

 

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Riot Ruin and Rebellion
15
The Community
55
The Victims
124
Reading Race out of Riot Black Law and Order Leagues
179
Conclusion
190
Appendix
201
Bibliography
212
Urheberrecht

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In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois
Roberta Senechal de la Roche
Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2008

Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

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Über den Autor (2008)

Roberta Senechal de la Roche is a professor of history at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She has written several works on various forms of collective violence, such as lynching, rioting, and terrorism.

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TitelIn Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois
Autor/inRoberta Senechal de la Roche
Ausgabeillustriert, Neuausgabe, überarbeitet
VerlagSIU Press, 2008
ISBN0809329093, 9780809329090
Länge231 Seiten
  
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