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The Heat of a Red Summer: Race Mixing, Race Rioting in 1919 Knoxville
The Heat of a Red Summer Race Mixing Race Rioting in 1919 Knoxville
Author: Robert J. Booker
In 1919, the city of Knoxville, Tennessee exploded in a firestorm of racial hatred and violence when a black man was accused of murdering a white woman. Knoxville prided itself as a liberal, harmonious community that had sympathized with the North during the Civil War. There had never been a lynching and the black citizens were encouraged t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781582441504
ISBN-10: 1582441502
Pages: 105
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Publisher: Rutledge Books
Book Type: Paperback
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