Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Harper Barnes
Offers an account of the 1917 race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois; discusses the media's reaction to it; and details the aftermath.
Read Time: ~8.3 hr
The History of White People
by Nell Irvin Painter (2010)
About this book
Historian Painter centers her momentous study of racial classification on the slave trade and the nation-building efforts which dominated the United States in the 18th century, when thinkers led by Ralph Waldo Emerson strove to explain the rapid progress of America within the context of white superiority. Her research is filled with frequent, startling realizations about how tenuous and temporary our racial classifications really are.
Setting / LocationUnited States / Global
Story EraContemporary
Protagonist / CoreNotable Figure / Community
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