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Overview
'This book is a splendid contribution to American history, and it deserves praise for its comprehensive and sensitive treatment of a topic that many would like to avoid. By taking the reader through the maelstrom and horrors of the black experience since the Civil War, the book provides a greater understanding of the pathological nature of racism and the profound contradictions between our national ideals and the realities of American society. It also helps dispel the myth that violence has been merely tangential to our national experience. American Historical ReviewSynopsis
'This book is a splendid contribution to American history, and it deserves praise for its comprehensive and sensitive treatment of a topic that many would like to avoid. By taking the reader through the maelstrom and horrors of the black experience since the Civil War, the book provides a greater understanding of the pathological nature of racism and the profound contradictions between our national ideals and the realities of American society. It also helps dispel the myth that violence has been merely tangential to our national experience. American Historical Review
Library Journal
Shapiro's angry book finds white violence endemic to American culture and the basic instrument whites have used to control blacks. Sixties in tone, and filled with detailed indictments, the book shows how white violence burst forth in the rural South and urban North over the past century and how such violence occurred with the knowledge and complicity of the authorities. Its ever-present reality forged black solidarity and commitment to achieving racial justice. This disturbing compendium will arouse complacent readers. Recommended for academic and major public libraries. Randall M. Miller, St. Joseph's Univ., Philadelphia