Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Red summer Red summer Cameron McWhirter 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 … OL16182658W
The Wilmington Ten The Wilmington Ten Kenneth Robert Janken "In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes between white vigilantes and black residents. The … OL20017766W
Newark Newark Kevin J. Mumford Newark’s volatile past is infamous. The city has become synonymous with the Black Power movement and urban crisis. Its history reveals a vibrant and contentious political culture punctuated by tradit… OL3282067W
A Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar A Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar Earl C. Haag This book presents the language (Pennsylvania German, Dutch, or Deitsch) developed by the settlers brought to Pennsylvania from the Rhine Valley by William Penn. The settlers' dialects evolved into a… OL5920288W
Riot and Remembrance Riot and Remembrance James S. Hirsch A best-selling author investigates the causes of the twentieth century's deadliest race riot and how its legacy has scarred and shaped a community over the past eight decades. On a warm night in May … OL6214840W