American Pogrom: The East St. Louis Race Riot and Black Politics (Law Society & Politics in the Midwest) by Charles Lumpkins - 2008-08-12

Ohio University Press, 7/1/2008 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Good. 0.6299 in x 8.9764 in x 6.0236 in. Stickers on front and back. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2008. Paperback. Fine. xiv, 312 p.; 23 cm. Paperback. The author asserts that the attacks on the Black residents of East St. Louis, Illinois, on July 2 and 3, 1917, were a pogrom -- "an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group -- orchestrated by certain businessmen intent on preventing black residents from attaining political power and on turning the city into a 'sundown' town permanently cleared of African Americans." -- back cover. He traces the history of the Black community in East St. Louis from 1800 through 1945. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Ohio University Press, 2008. Good trade paperback, slight wear.. Trade Paperback. Good.

Ohio Univ Ctr for Intl Studies, 2008. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 312 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. On July 2 and 3, 1917, race riots rocked the small industrial city of East St Louis, Illinois. This title takes the reader beyond that pivotal time in the city's history to explore black people's activism from the antebellum era to the eve of the post - World War II civil rights movement.

Ohio University Press, 2008. Very good softcover As New. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.