Red summer

By Cameron McWhirter

Subjects: Racism, African Americans, Lynching, Violence against, Race riots, Riots, united states, African americans, crimes against, Social conditions, History, United states, race relations, Race relations, African americans, social conditions, Riots

Description: A narrative history of one of America's deadliest episodes of race riots and lynchings traces how black Americans were brutally targeted by anti-black uprisings that culminated in hundreds of deaths and set the stage for the civil rights movement.