Democracy Betrayed
Subtitle: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy
Contributors: John Hope Franklin (Foreword)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: October 14, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780807824511
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Multicultural studies; Social history; Social issues; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century; c 1800 to c 1900; History; United States - State & Local - General; Wilmington (N.C.); Political Discontent And Violence; Race And Ethnic Relations; Social Science; History - U.S.; Sociology; Wilmington; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); 19th century; Riots; Discrimination & Racism; United States - 19th Century; African Americans; North Carolina; Race relations
First sentence: It was hardly a revelation when W.E.B. Du Bois observed in 1901 that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line."