In Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois

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SIU Press, 29 août 2008 - 263 pages

Winner of the Gustavus Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in the United States!
Winner of the Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award!

This detailed case study of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, which began only a few blocks from Abraham Lincoln’s family home, explores the social origins of rioting by whites against the city’s African American community after a white woman alleged that a black man had raped her. Over two days rioters wrecked black-owned businesses, burned neighborhoods to the ground, killed two black men, and injured many others.

Author Roberta Senechal de la Roche draws from a wide range of sources to describe the riot, identify the rioters and their victims, and challenge previous interpretations that attribute rioting to interracial competition for jobs, housing, or political influence. Written in a direct and clear style, In Lincoln’s Shadow documents a violent explosion of racial hatred that shocked the nation and reveals the complexity of white racial attitudes in the early twentieth century.

 

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Table des matières

1 Springfield Wards and Black Neighborhoods 1908
17
2 Location of Black Businesses Attacked in Riot
36
The Community
55
1 Population of Springfield Illinois 18401920
56
3 Black Population by Ward Springfield Illinois 1910
66
4 Males of Voting Age by Ward Springfield Illinois 1910
79
The Rioters
93
1 Occupational Distribution of Springfield Rioters
110
The Victims
124
Reading Race out of Riot Black Law and Order Leagues
179
Conclusion
190
Appendix
201
Bibliography
212
Droits d'auteur

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À propos de l'auteur (2008)

Roberta Senechal de la Roche is a professor of history at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She has written several works on various forms of collective violence, such as lynching, rioting, and terrorism.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreIn Lincoln's Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois
AuteurRoberta Senechal de la Roche
Éditionillustrée, rééditée, révisée
ÉditeurSIU Press, 2008
ISBN0809329093, 9780809329090
Longueur263 pages
  
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