| Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania Contributor(s): McDevitt, Cody (Author), Norman, Tony (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1467142743 ISBN-13: 9781467142748 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - History | African American |
| Dewey: 974.877 |
| LCCN: 2019951253 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Author and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history. In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African |
Contributor Bio(s): McDevitt, Cody: - Cody McDevitt is an award-winning journalist and the founder of the Rosedale Oral History Project, which is the basis for Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania. Recently, he released a compendium of firsthand accounts of veterans who fought in World War II called Answering the Call: Somerset County during World War II. He is also the coauthor of Pittsburgh Drinks: A History of Cocktails, Nightlife & Bartending Tradition, which is available on Amazon and in select bookstores locally. He lives near Pittsburgh and works for the Somerset Daily American. |