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Banished from Johnstown : racist backlash in Pennsylvania
- Title
- Banished from Johnstown : racist backlash in Pennsylvania / Cody McDevitt ; foreword by Tony Norman.
- Author
- McDevitt, Cody
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2020.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Norman, Tony (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist)
- Description
- 223 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city for less than seven years to leave. They were given less than a day to move or would face crippling fines or jail time and were forced out at gunpoint. An estimated two thousand people uprooted their lives in response to the racist edict. Area Ku Klux Klan members celebrated the creation of a 'sundown town' and increased their own intimidation practices. Figures such as Marcus Garvey spoke out in Pittsburgh against it as newspapers throughout the country published condemnations. Author and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history."
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Racism > Pennsylvania > Johnstown (Cambria County) > History > 20th century
- African Americans > Civil rights > History > Pennsylvania > Johnstown (Cambria County) > 20th century
- Mexican Americans > Civil rights > History > Pennsylvania > Johnstown (Cambria County) > 20th century
- African Americans > Civil rights
- Mexican Americans > Civil rights
- Race relations
- Racism
- Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
- Pennsylvania > Johnstown (Cambria County)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-223).
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-405
- ISBN
- 9781467142748
- 1467142743
- LCCN
- 2019951253
- OCLC
- 1112282781
- Author
- McDevitt, Cody, author.
- Title
- Banished from Johnstown : racist backlash in Pennsylvania / Cody McDevitt ; foreword by Tony Norman.
- Publisher
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2020.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-223).
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Norman, Tony (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist), writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-405