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Encyclopedia of American Race Riots [Two Volumes]
Greenwood Milestones in African American History
 Walter Rucker, James Nathaniel Upton, ed.

0-313-33300-9/978-0-313-33300-2

Description
Race riots are the most glaring and contemporary displays of the racial strife running through America's history, from colonial times to the present day.

Reviews:
-"In addition to detailing examples of collective violence between white and black Americans since the Civil War, including riots, lynchings, vigilantism, assassinations, racist police violence, etc., the 265 entries presented by the editors in this two- volume encyclopedia cover a broad range of related subjects and themes. Among these, broadly speaking, are anti-lynching and civil rights organizations and activists, government organizations and officials, ideologies and policies, legislation and court cases, newspapers and reporting, racist organizations and leaders, literature and art, social issues, and war and the military. The entries, which range in length from 500 to 1000 words each, are cross-referenced and include bibliographical guides to further reading. Also included in the encyclopedia are a chronology; a selection of 23 primary documents; a short essay on the recent historiography of race riots; a subject index; and a bibliography of book, articles, and web sites." —Reference & Research Book News
-"The set's 265 A-to-Z entries-including information regarding events, individuals, organizations, and movements, and written by 80 contributors-focus on race riots, although, as explained in the introduction, the set's broader focus is on white-black racially motivated violence. A list of entries begins the set, as well as a handy guide to topics....Most articles are about two pages long, though key topics are given more space (e.g., the desegregation article receives almost eight pages). Articles also contain lists for further reading and include bold-texted cross references. A smattering of black-and-white, half-page images is included. Over 20 relevant primary documents are grouped together at the end of the final volume....[r]ecommended for larger public and academic collections." —Library Journal
About the Author
Walter Rucker is assistant professor of history at The Ohio State University in Columbus. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside in 1999. Prior to coming to Ohio State in 2003, Professor Rucker was an assistant professor of history and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). His teaching and research interests include Atlantic World/African Diasporic history, Pan-Africanism, Slave Culture and Resistance, and Black Social Movements. He has delivered a number of professional talks and authored journal articles appearing in the Journal of Black Studies, the Journal of Negro History, and the Black Scholar. His first book The River Flows On: Black Resistance, Culture, and Identity Formation in Early America will be published by Louisiana State University Press in 2005.

James Nathaniel Upton received his Ph.D. in political science in 1976 from Ohio State University, where he is an associate professor in the African American and African Studies Department. He was the recipient of The Ohio State University 2005 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. His recent publications include From Civil Rights to National Rights: The Development of Race as a Nationality Concept (with R. Maples) in Ethnicity and Housing: Accommodating Differences, Frederick W. Boal, ed., 2000, Multiculturalism: A New Understanding of Nationality (with R. Maples) in Community, Difference and Diversity: Implications for Peace, Edison Bailey and Paula Smithka, eds., 2002, and Racial Violence in the United States: 1900-1919 in Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts, Joseph Rudolph, ed., 2003.
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