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The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919

Brand: BOOM! Box
Manufacturer: Independently published
MPN: 9780140277722
Category: Paperback (State & Local)
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Dimension: 8.0 x 5.0 x 0.3 inches
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"The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919" is a description of the Chicago race riot of July 1919 from a newspaper correspondent's point of view. In addition to a discussion of the immediate riot, there are chapters devoted to such subjects as:

"The Background,"
"The Negro Migration:,"
"Real Estate;"
"Negroes and Rising Rents:"
"Unions and the Color Line;"
"Demand for Negro Labor;"
"New Industrial Opportunities;"
and "After Each Lynching."

This book is an important contribution to the literature of race riots. This book is a report of the conflict as it occurred from day to day, accompanied by suggestions for , avoiding its recurrence. These include a federal investigation of race relations and insistence on better housing and labor opportunities.A serious and intelligent investigation into conditions which made the race riots possible.Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, writer, and editor who won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature". Much of Carl Sandburg's writing focused on Chicago, Illinois, where he spent time as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News and the Day Book.

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