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Name: Red summer
Author: Cameron McWhirter

Red Summer offers a detailed narrative history of the 1919 race riots and lynchings that struck the United States. The book traces how African Americans were brutally targeted by anti-black uprisings that culminated in hundreds of deaths. It examines the social conditions, violence, and racial tension that set the stage for the emerging civil rights movement.

First publish date: 2011

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Cameron McWhirter

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