Damaged Heritage Research Materials, 1919 - 2014
Scope and Contents
Materials used in Johnson's research for his 2020 book Damaged Heritage, including The Arkansas Race Riot by Ida Wells-Barnett (1920), Civil rights and the Making of the Modern American State by Megan Ming (2014, Cambridge University Press), and On the Laps of Gods: the Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice that Remade a Nation by Robert Whitaker (2008, Crown Publishers). Also included is a folder of primary sources relating to the massacre, such as transcripts from 1919 legal proceedings.
Dates
- 1919 - 2014
Access
Collection is open for research. Staff may restrict access at its discretion on the basis of physical condition.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (2 half sized document cases)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Johnson, J. Chester (Donor, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
