Race and rumors of race
African americans, southern states
African Continental Ancestry Group
Southern states, social conditions
Southern states, history
Southern states, race relations
Südstaaten
White people
Whites
Black people
Racism
Attitudes
United states, race relations
Race relations
African Americans
Social conditions
History
In the early 1940s, rumors of impending and actual race wars circulated furiously among white Southerners. Apparently with the aid of first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, liberals, Yankees, New Dealers, and "bad niggers," once docile African-Americans were stockpiling ice picks in Charleston, ordering cart…
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