Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America Free Audiobook Download by Cameron Mcwhirter

This book is a great introduction to the topic of Red Summer and African-American's interesting way of life. McWhirter begins by explaining how during this period, America was in turmoil because of prosecution for voting rights. The beginning chapters of his book are all about the Wilson administration and how the KKK was an important part of this era. When it comes to the summer of 1919, he spends time explaining how various riots occurred such as Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia and more. He also spends time speaking with Jim Crow Williams who explains that African Americans were still prejudiced even though they had been given a taste of freedom and equality during Red Summer.

Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America is an audiobook about the summer that sparked the beginning of the end for Jim Crow laws and white supremacy in America. It follows a young African American girl as she moves from Washington, D.C., to Chicago during that summer with her family, who are all veterans returning home after serving in WWI. They have to find places to live because they are not welcome at the boardinghouses owned by whites. The book goes on to see how they dealt with prejudice and discrimination, but also shows how they united in order to realize their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs.

Black Americans were finally given the opportunity to emerge from their hiding and step into the lime-light. Red Summer was when white America saw this new movement for what it was and what it could become. The events that happened during Red Summer set the foundation for Black America's freedom movement, which would later lead them to victory in the Civil Rights Movement

The year was 1919, and America was at a crossroads - the newly minted Red Scare had been gaining momentum for decades. There was an all-out effort being made to stop the rise of Communism, which led to mass arrests of those who were thought to be Communist sympathizers or members. When African Americans were caught up in the hysteria, they were met with brutal repression. One day in July, black youths in Chicago decided to take action against their oppressors. A riot broke out after police arrested a young man and an act of rebellion began that would transform American history forever.

Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America is a book about the events that took place during the summer of 1919. The summer was an important time for America because it was the time when all Americans were celebrating the end of WWI. There was a lot of racial tension in the nation during this time, which translated into violence between African Americans, who were not happy with their current status, and white Americans.

The Red Summer of 1919 was the cause of a series of racially charged events that shook the country to its core. This audiobook covers the summer in detail, from the Tulsa race riot on May 31st to James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing" speech at Carnegie Hall on October 23rd.