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Lynching of Cleo Wright
ISBN: 9780813120485 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. On January 20, 1942, black oil mill worker Cleo Wright assaulted a white woman in her home and nearly killed the first police officer who tried to arrest him. An angry mob then hauled Wright out of jail and dragged him through the streets of Sikeston, Missouri, before burning him alive. Wright's death was, unfortunately, not unique in American history, but what his death meant in the larger context of life in the United States in the twentieth-century is an important and compelling story. After the lynching, the U.S. Justice Department was forced to become involved in civil rights... On January 20, 1942, black oil mill worker Cleo Wright assaulted a white woman in her home and nearly killed the first police officer who tried to ... |
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174,72 zł |
Detroit and the Good War: The World War II Letters of Mayor Edward Jeffries and Friends
ISBN: 9780813119748 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Edward J. Jeffries Jr., was elected mayor of Detroit in 1937 and for a decade led the city through a period of race riots, union turmoil, and unprecedented growth. Jeffries's circle of friends was made up primarily of newspaper reporters who shared his interests and lifestyle. Devoted to family, they nevertheless worked long hours, smoked heavily, drank moderately, and gambled often in their running card games of gin and poker. After Pearl Harbor, Jeffries watched his closest friends, most twelve to fourteen years his junior, enlist in the armed forces. Voracious letter writers, over... Edward J. Jeffries Jr., was elected mayor of Detroit in 1937 and for a decade led the city through a period of race riots, union turmoil, and unpre... |
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174,72 zł |
Layered Violence: The Detroit Rioters of 1943
ISBN: 9781604733747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 329 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In two turbulent outbursts the city of Detroit has been subjected to civil disorder on a massive scale. The greatest of these occurred in 1967, but prior to this the Detroit race riot of 1943 was the most devastating civil disorder in national history. It remains a powerful gauge by which other racial disorders can be measured. Who were the rioters? Why did they riot? In line with George Rude's call for scholars to identify -faces in the crowd, - this valuable study describes and analyzes those individuals who rioted in Detroit during June of 1943 and outlines the causes for the riot. ...In two turbulent outbursts the city of Detroit has been subjected to civil disorder on a massive scale. The greatest of these occurred in 1967, but... |
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210,56 zł |