Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta
Download or Read eBook Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta PDF written by Michael Pierce and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2022-05-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Michael Pierce |
| Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2022-05-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781682262061 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1682262065 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta by : Michael Pierce
Book excerpt: "This essay collection grew out of a conference marking the hundredth anniversary of one of the nation's deadliest labor conflicts - the 1919 Elaine Massacre, during which white mobs ruthlessly slaughtered over two hundred African Americans across Phillips County, Arkansas, in response to a meeting of unionized Black sharecroppers. The essays here demonstrate that the brutality that unfolded in Phillips County was characteristic of the culture of race- and labor-based violence that prevailed in the century after the Civil War"--
