In Lincoln’s Shadow: The 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois by Associate Professor Roberta Senechal de la Roche PhD
English | Aug. 29, 2008 | ISBN: 0809329093 | 264 Pages | PDF | 11 MB
This detailed case study of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, which began only a few blocks from Abraham Lincoln’s family home, explores the social origins of rioting by whites against the city’s African American community after a white woman alleged that a black man had raped her.
