To poison a nation : the murder of Robert Charles and the rise of Jim Crow policing in America
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Published
New York : The New Press, 2021.
Physical Desc
viii, 363 pages ; 24 cm.
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Haslett - Non-Fiction
305.80097633 Baker
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305.80097633 Baker
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305.80097633 Baker
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Violence against -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Charles, Robert, -- 1865?-1900 -- Death and burial.
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Police brutality -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Race riots -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Violence against -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Charles, Robert, -- 1865?-1900 -- Death and burial.
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Police brutality -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
Race riots -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
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Published
New York : The New Press, 2021.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-347) and index.
Description
"On a steamy Monday evening in 1900, New Orleans police officers confronted a black man named Robert Charles as he sat on a doorstep in a working-class neighborhood where racial tensions were running high. What happened next would trigger the largest manhunt in the city's history, while white mobs took to the streets, attacking and murdering innocent black residents during three days of bloody rioting. Finally cornered, Charles exchanged gunfire with the police in a spectacular gun battle witnessed by thousands. Building outwards from these dramatic events, To Poison a Nation connects one city's troubled past to the modern crisis of white supremacy and police brutality. Historian Andrew Baker immerses readers in a boisterous world of disgruntled laborers, crooked machine bosses, scheming businessmen, and the black radical who tossed a flaming torch into the powder keg. Baker recreates a city that was home to the nation's largest African American community, a place where racial antagonism was hardly a foregone conclusion-but which ultimately became the crucible of a novel form of racialized violence: modern policing. A major new work of history, To Poison a Nation reveals disturbing connections between the Jim Crow past and police violence in our own times."--book jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Baker, A. D. (2021). To poison a nation: the murder of Robert Charles and the rise of Jim Crow policing in America . The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baker, Andrew D.. 2021. To Poison a Nation: The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America. The New Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baker, Andrew D.. To Poison a Nation: The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America The New Press, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Baker, Andrew D.. To Poison a Nation: The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America The New Press, 2021.
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