The Chicago Race Riots: July, 1919

by Carl Sandburg

Book Overview

Nearly a century ago, the segregation-related death of an African-American teenager at a Chicago beach set off days of violence. Contemporary account by distinguished author, who reported for local newspaper.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048649845X
• ISBN13: 9780486498454
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great insight, just not what I expected

If you don't read the book's introduction you will miss everything in it about the Chicago race riots. However, it's an incredible insight into life in black communities in the time leading up to the riots. Good accompanying details to the great migration.