1919

De: Eve L. Ewing

Narrado por: Eve L. Ewing

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots comprising the nation's Red Summer, has shaped the last century but is not widely discussed. In 1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event - which lasted eight days and resulted in 38 deaths and almost 500 injuries - through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city. Ewing uses speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to recast history and illuminates the thin line between the past and the present.

©2019 Eve L. Ewing (P)2020 Tantor

Incredible historical poetry

I liked the way the book was organized from enticements to get freed slaves up to Chicago, the reality when they got there, the 1919 riot, other riots and the causes. Emit Till is mentioned, as well as Mayor Daily before he was Mayor. This is critical reading for black people, but also very important for white people to understand the social problems in South Chicago today. I am so glad I listened to this book. It almost didn't get published & the history is not plentiful about the riots, probably intentionally. In this era of crazy book bans, this is a must read. I am going to buy the book itself in order to preserve it for future generations.

Unforgettable images of hidden history

Poems inspired by Chicago's Red Summer of 1919, a history too many want us to forget.

visceral felt and poetically read

this short work of a current and past woes that still plague the very real issues of systemic racism. Done in masterfully woven poetic prose that is visceral and emotionally jarring.