{"product_id":"american-pogrom-the-east-st-louis-race-riot-and-black-politics-law-society-politics-in-the-midwest","title":"American Pogrom: The East St. Louis Race Riot and Black Politics (Law Society \u0026 Politics in the Midwest)","description":"On July 2 and 3, 1917, a mob of white men and women looted and torched the homes and businesses of African Americans in the small industrial city of East St. Louis, Illinois. When the terror ended, the attackers had destroyed property worth millions of dollars, razed several neighborhoods, injured hundreds, and forced at least seven thousand black townspeople to seek refuge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri. By the official account, nine white men and thirty-nine black men, women, and children lost their lives.\nIn American Pogrom: The East St. Louis Race Riot and Black Politics, Charles Lumpkins reveals that the attacks were orchestrated by businessmen intent on preventing black residents from attaining political power and determined to clear the city of African Americans.\nAfter the devastating riots, black East St. Louisans participated in a wide range of collective activities that eventually rebuilt their community and restored its political influence. Lumpkins situates the activities of the city’s black citizens in the context of the African American quest for freedom, citizenship, and equality. This study of African American political actions in East St. Louis ends in 1945, on the eve of the post–World War II civil rights movement that came to galvanize the nation in the 1950s and 1960s.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0821418033\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0821418033.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lumpkins, Charles|Lumpkins, Charles L.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41458312216634,"sku":"DBV.0821418033.G","price":22.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0821418033-0.jpg?v=1781133114","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/american-pogrom-the-east-st-louis-race-riot-and-black-politics-law-society-politics-in-the-midwest","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}