Red Summer Race Riot Chicago 1919: Eyewitnesses John Harris and Ida B. Wells - Softcover

Cargill, Acie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1088799566 ISBN 13: 9781088799567

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

1919 was a year of racial turmoil in America. The Great Migration from the South to Northern Cities was taking place Also hundreds of thousands of African American soldiers were returning home from World War I where they had fought for freedom and were willing to stand up for it in America. Another factor was a black and white silent film Birth of a Nation was released and glorified the Ku Klux Klan and racial fighting and it was very popular and was even shown at the White House. Two hundred black sharecroppers had been murdered in Arkansas and there were hundreds of lynchings across the country.This account is based on two eyewitness reports by John Harris and Ida B. Wells. They were there and saw what was going on in Chicago and how it got started. It was a terrible year in America and this is just one of the trouble spots. There was violence in many cities and towns and in the country. Hopefully it will never happen again.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1088799566
• ISBN 13: 9781088799567
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 24