1919
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- Synopsis
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The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots that comprised the "Red Summer" of violence across the nation's cities, is an event that has shaped the last century but is widely unknown.
In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event—which lasted eight days and resulted in thirty-eight deaths and almost 500 injuries—through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city. Ewing uses speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to recast history and illuminate the thin line between the past and the present.
Eve L. Ewing is a writer and an assistant professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. She is the author of Electric Arches and Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side.
- Copyright:
- 2019
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 86 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781608466023
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781608465989
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Books
- Date of Addition:
- 08/30/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Eve L. Ewing
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.