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McLaughlin, Malcolm 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4139-1151
(2007)
Ghetto formation and armed resistance in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Journal of American Studies, 41 (2).
pp. 435-467.
ISSN 1469-5154
Abstract
This article explores African American armed resistance during the 1917 East St. Louis race riot in the context of black migration and ghetto formation. In particular it considers the significance of the development of the black urban community, composed of an emerging working class and a dynamic, militant and increasingly influential middle class. It was that community which came under attack by white mobs in 1917, and this work illuminates the infrastructure of resistance in the city, showing how African Americans drew upon the resources of the nascent ghetto and older traditions of self-defence to protect their homes and families.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of American Studies (former - to 2014) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > American Studies |
| Depositing User: | EPrints Services |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2010 13:57 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2023 09:26 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/9402 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0021875807003544 |
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