American pogrom
Subtitle: the East St. Louis Race Riot and Black politics
By: Charles L. Lumpkins.
Series: Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780821418024; 9780821418031
Subjects: East Saint Louis Race Riot, East Saint Louis, Ill., 1917; Race riots -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Crimes against -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- History; African Americans -- Illinois -- East Saint Louis -- Social conditions; East Saint Louis (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History; East Saint Louis (Ill.) -- Social conditions
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Pennsylvania State University, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical roots of an African American community, 1800-1898; title: The African American political experience, 1898-1915; title: The may uprising : an end to expanding Black power; title: The July massacre : "we'll have a White man's town"; title: Return to the political arena, 1917-1929; title: Breaking the deadlock, 1930-1945.