Banished from Johnstown

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  • Banished from Johnstown Book Detail

  • Author : Cody McDevitt
  • Release Date : 2015-11-09
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 214
  • ISBN 13 : 1439668841
  • File Size : 3,3 MB

Banished from Johnstown by Cody McDevitt PDF Summary

Book Description: This book examines one of the worst civil rights injustices in Pennsylvania history—the 1923 banishment of Black and Mexican residents from Johnstown. In response to the fatal shooting of four policemen in 1923, 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. Many 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. Meanwhile, figures such as Marcus Garvey spoke out against the unjust action as newspapers throughout the country published condemnations. In Banished from Jonestown, historian and award-winning journalist Cody McDevitt examines the events and impact of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history.

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