02146nam 2200421 450 991079526190332120200228152919.01-4396-6884-1(CKB)4940000000160167(MiAaPQ)EBC6002020(EXLCZ)99494000000016016720200228d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBanished from Johnstown racist backlash in Pennsylvania /Cody McDevitt ; foreword by Tony NormanCharleston, South Carolina :The History Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (191 pages)1-4671-4274-3 Includes bibliographical references."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."--Amazon description (viewed Jan. 29, 2020).African AmericansCivil rightsJohnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryPennsylvaniaJohnstown (Cambria County)fastAfrican AmericansCivil rights.323.1196073McDevitt Cody1502093Norman TonyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795261903321Banished from Johnstown3729629UNINA