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Anti-Black violence in twentieth-century Texas / edited by Bruce A. Glasrud ; foreword by W. Marvin Dulaney. - First edition. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


English.

ISBN: 162349334X (ebk) 9781623493349 (ebk)

Source: 838020 MIL

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hate crimes--Texas.
African Americans--Crimes against--Texas.
African Americans--Violence against--Texas.
Crimes haineux--Texas.
Noirs américains--Crimes contre--Texas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
African Americans--Violence against.
African Americans--Crimes against.
Hate crimes.
Race relations.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Texas--Race relations--History--20th century.
Texas--Relations raciales--Histoire--20e siècle.
Texas.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: E185.93.T4

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896/07307640904

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: Z TA475.8 AN87