Race Relations in the United States, 1900-1920

by John F. McClymer

In the first decades of the twentieth century, virulent racism lingered from Reconstruction, and segregation increased. Hostility met the millions of new immigrants from Eastern and southern Europe, and immigration was restricted. Still, even in an inhospitable climate, blacks and other minority groups came to have key roles in popular culture, from ragtime and jazz to film and the Harlem Renaissance. This volume is THE content-rich source in a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031333935X
• ISBN13: 9780313339356
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"