Racial Violence in the United States, 1863 to Present


Mass Racial Violence

Table I. Incidents of Mass Racial Violence

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40) From Slave Abuse to Hate Crime: The Criminalization of Racial Violence in American History. Ely Aaronson. Cambridge University Press. 2014.

41) The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. Isabel Wilkerson. Vintage Books. 2010.

42) 100 Years of Lynching. Ralph Ginzburg. Black Classic Press. 1988.

43) Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia 1860-1900. Roger Lane. Harvard University Press. 1986.

44) Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans. Jean Pfaelzer. University of California Press. 2008.

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46) Cultures of Violence: Racial Violence and the Origins of Segregation in South Africa and the American South. Ivan Evans. Manchester University Press. 2009.

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50) Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics. Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell, and Maya Sen. Princeton University Press. 2018.

51) Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America. Kathleen Belew. Harvard University Press. 2018.

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55) The New York Times 7/7/1999

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