Anglický jazyk

Seeing Red

Vydavateľstvo: Indiana University Press
Rok vydania: 1999
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 234 x 156 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9780253213549

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Now in Paper! "Seeing Red"
Federal CampaignsAgainst Black Militancy, 1919-1925
Theodore Kornweibel, Jr. A gripping, painstakingly documented account of a neglectedchapter in the history of American politicalintelligence. "Kornweibel is an adept storyteller who admits he isdrawn to the role of the historian-as-detective....What emerges is a fascinatingtale of secret federal agents, many of them blacks, who were willing to takeadvantage of the color of their skin to spy upon others of their race. And it is atale of sometimes desperate and frequently angry government officials, including J.Edgar Hoover, who were willing to go to great lengths to try to stop what theyperceived as threats to continued white supremacy." -- Patrick S. Washburn, Journalism History Theodore Kornweibel, Jr., Professor of AfricanAmerican history in the Africana Studies Department at San Diego State University, is author of No Crystal Stair and In Search of the PromisedLand. Blacks in the Diaspora -- Darlene Clark Hine, JohnMcCluskey, Jr., and David Barry Gaspar, general editors