Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 (Blacks in the New World)

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Summary: best (and only) book on the 1919 Chicago riots
Review: As far as I know, this is the only book on the subject, which is an absolutely fascinating one for me. It is well written and very coherent, but unfortunately the author spends most of the book of the causes and results of the riots, not on the riot itself. Still, this is a wonderful book, essential for anybody interested in Chicago history.

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Summary: Concise, thoughtful inquiry--refreshing and bold
Review: Not only does William M. Tuttle, Jr. show every virtue of a lover of history, but he does so with enough clear, crisp understanding that every point seems to sympathize with the mind of even an armchair historian of Black-American mores.