LEADER 02146nam 2200421 450 001 9910795261903321 005 20200228152919.0 010 $a1-4396-6884-1 035 $a(CKB)4940000000160167 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6002020 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000160167 100 $a20200228d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBanished from Johnstown $eracist backlash in Pennsylvania /$fCody McDevitt ; foreword by Tony Norman 210 1$aCharleston, South Carolina :$cThe History Press,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (191 pages) 311 $a1-4671-4274-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $a"In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city for less than seven years to leave. They were given less than a day to move or would face crippling fines or jail time and were forced out at gunpoint. An estimated two thousand people uprooted their lives in response to the racist edict. Area Ku Klux Klan members celebrated the creation of a 'sundown town' and increased their own intimidation practices. Figures such as Marcus Garvey spoke out in Pittsburgh against it as newspapers throughout the country published condemnations. Author and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history."$c--Amazon description (viewed Jan. 29, 2020). 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights 607 $aJohnstown (Cambria County, Pa.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aPennsylvania$zJohnstown (Cambria County)$2fast 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights. 676 $a323.1196073 700 $aMcDevitt$b Cody$01502093 702 $aNorman$b Tony 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795261903321 996 $aBanished from Johnstown$93729629 997 $aUNINA