Books of Race riots

  • Race Riots & Resistance: The Red Summer of 1919
    Race Riots & Resistance: The Red Summer of 1919
    By Jan Voogd

    The local newspapers reported the violence centered around Eli Cooper , thought “ to have been a leader among the Negroes . ” Cooper's alleged remark was that “ Negroes have been run over for 50 years , but this will be all changed in ...

  • The History of Canada Series: Trouble on Main Street
    By Julie F. Gilmour

    Historian Julie Gilmour traces the impact of these events on the life and work of future prime Minster W.L. Mackenzie King, and on Canada's relationships with Britain, the United States, China, Japan, and India.