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Title: Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and Its Legacy by David S. Cecelski, Timothy B. Tyson ISBN: 0-8078-2451-8 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: First let me say that I rarely read non-fiction and even when I do, I rarely manage to finish an entire book of it. Democracy Betrayed is an exception. The writing was clear, precise, right-on, and interesting. And, perhaps most importantly, educational. I was born and raised in North Carolina and knew nothing--absolutely nothing--about the Wilmington Race Riots or the subject of Cecelski's essay Abraham Galloway. I am female and was a victim of gender based racial violence myself so I was aware of the issues raised in Gilmore's essay and White's essay, but I have never seen the issues written about so well. What I most like about this book is that it destroys stereotypes about class and race. After all isn't it the most well-to-do who most benefit from race violence so why should we be surprised to learn that it was not the so-called "white trash" who began the racial massacre in 1898, but the rich, the ones who were most likely to benefit from forcing the elected fusionist party officials out of office and placing themselves in their offices. I never knew--it certainly wasn't taught in my public school--that in 1896 every office in North Carolina was held by a progressive fusionist party member, elected by the fusion of lower class whites and blacks. Imagine how different this state would be, how advanced in talent and intelligence, if the massacre hadn't occurred, if black doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, newspaper editors and writers, etc, hadn't been forced from the state and if the elected officials had been allowed to remain in office. Perhaps what is most important is the book succeeds in "drawing public attention to the tragedy", a tragedy that is apparantly very much in the consciousness of Black Wilmington citizens and very much needs to be in the consciousness of all humans.
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Title: Ethnic Groups in Conflict, Updated Edition With a New Preface by Donald L. Horowitz ISBN: 0520227069 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 02 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson ISBN: 0609610589 Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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