Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Introduction: Racism's ugly past; white Texas's twentieth century actions / Bruce A. Glasrud -- Paris is burning: lynching and racial violence in Lamar County, 1890-1920 / Brandon Jett -- An "exciting occurrence": the lynching / Patricia Bernstein -- The Houston riot of 1917 / Calvin Smith -- Violence in a heathen land: the Longview race riot of 1919 / William M. Tuttle Jr . -- A "good job" in the early hours of the morning / Monte Akers -- The Sherman courthouse riot of 1930 / Edward Hake Phillips -- Violence in an "arsenal of democracy": the Beaumont race riot, 1943 / James A. Burran -- Houston and the TSU riot / Bernard Friedberg -- Loyal Garner arrest / Howard Swindle -- The Jasper lynching / Joyce E. King -- Bust town / Nate Blakeslee -- The beating of Billy Ray Johnson / Pamela Colloff -- Afterword: Twenty-first century Texas race relations / Bruce A. Glasrud |
Summary |
Anti-Black Violence in Twentieth-Century Texas provides an arresting look at the history of violence against African Americans in Texas. From a lynching in Paris at the turn of the century to the 1998 murder of Jasper resident James Byrd Jr., who was dragged to death behind a truck, this volume uncovers the violent side of race relations in the Lone Star State. Historian Bruce A. Glasrud has curated an essential contribution to Texas history and historiography that will also bring attention to a chapter in the state?s history that, for many, is still very much a part of the present |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Hate crimes -- Texas
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African Americans -- Crimes against -- Texas
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African Americans -- Violence against -- Texas
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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African Americans -- Violence against
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African Americans -- Crimes against
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Hate crimes
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Race relations
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SUBJECT |
Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
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Subject |
Texas
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Glasrud, Bruce A., editor.
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ISBN |
162349334X |
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9781623493349 |
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