On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice That Remade a Nation

They shot them down like rabbits . . .

September 30, 1919. The United States teetered on the edge of a racial civil war. During the previous... Comments: I was very unhappy to find, after purchase, that the text to speech function... This is the story of a community of blacks ("Negroes" at the time) in the... It's great to see that this incident has finally merited its own book. I had... This exellent book covers a rarely discussed area of history that had a huge... THIS BOOK IS DESTINED TO BE AN AMERICAN CLASSIC.

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