Episode 118 - Red Summer, Red Scare

The immediate aftermath of WWI would unleash one of the most harrowing years in America's history. The economic recession that immediately followed the end of the war helped spark violence and persecutions that rocked the country into 1920.    Bibliography for this episode:    McWhirter, Cameron Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America St. Martin's Press 2011 Krugler, David F. 1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back Cambridge University PRess 2015 Miller, Nathan New World Coming: The 1920s and the Making of Modern America Da Capo Press 2003 Schlesinger Jr, Arthur M The Age of Roosevelt: The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-1933 First Mariner Books 1957   Questions? Comments? Email me at [email protected]