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The Ferguson brothers lynchings on Long Island : a civil rights catalyst
- Title
- The Ferguson brothers lynchings on Long Island : a civil rights catalyst / Christopher Verga.
- Author
- Verga, Christopher
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- 172 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subject
- African Americans > Crimes against > New York (State) > Long Island
- Police shootings > New York (State) > Long Island
- Race discrimination > New York (State) > Long Island
- Police misconduct > New York (State) > Long Island
- Police misconduct
- Police shootings
- Race discrimination
- African Americans > Crimes against
- African Americans
- New York (State) > Long Island
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- The Ferguson and Jackson families -- Fighting against the relics of slavery -- Invisible and visible line of segregation -- Klan's influence on local law enforcement and reform -- Boom and bust : economic crisis -- World War II mobilization : Charles, Richard, Joseph, and Edward's military service -- War production and the domestic fight for civil rights -- February 5, 1946 -- February 6 and the days to come -- State probe and secret federal probe -- Aftermath and the civil rights struggles that follow -- Freeport and the Ferguson family.
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-453
- ISBN
- 1467150711
- 9781467150712
- OCLC
- 1323245277
- Author
- Verga, Christopher, author.
- Title
- The Ferguson brothers lynchings on Long Island : a civil rights catalyst / Christopher Verga.
- Publisher
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-453