The Ballad of Robert Charles: Searching for the New Orleans Riot of 1900 by K. S

Description: The Ballad of Robert Charles by K. Stephen Prince In this fascinating work, K. Stephen Prince sheds fresh light on both the history of the Robert Charles riots and the practice of history-writing itself. He reveals evidence of intentional erasures, both in the ways the riot and its aftermath were chronicled and in the ways stories were silenced or purposefully obscured. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For a brief moment in the summer of 1900, Robert Charles was arguably the most infamous black man in the United States. After an altercation with police on a New Orleans street, Charles killed two police officers and fled. During a manhunt that extended for days, violent white mobs roamed the city, assaulting African Americans and killing at least half a dozen. When authorities located Charles, he held off a crowd of thousands for hours before being shot to death. The notorious episode was reported nationwide; years later, fabled jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton recalled memorializing Charles in song. Yet today, Charles is almost entirely invisible in the traditional historical record. So who was Robert Charles, really? An outlaw? A black freedom fighter? And how can we reconstruct his story? In this fascinating work, K. Stephen Prince sheds fresh light on both the history of the Robert Charles riots and the practice of history-writing itself. He reveals evidence of intentional erasures, both in the ways the riot and its aftermath were chronicled and in the ways stories were silenced or purposefully obscured. But Prince also excavates long-hidden facts from the narratives passed down by white and black New Orleanians over more than a century. In so doing, he probes the possibilities and limitations of the historical imagination. Author Biography K. Stephen Prince is an associate professor of history at the University of South Florida. He is also author of Stories of the South: Race and the Reconstruction of Southern Identity, 1865-1915. Review "The Ballad of Robert Charles is something new; it forces its reader to reexamine the role of geography, memory, and silence in the project of writing the histories of populations muted by poverty and racism. And for that this work is not only interesting. It is vital."--Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books"The Ballad of Robert Charles tackles a challenging, yet timely, topic. . . . This engaging book reminds us that even in the silences there are lessons to be learned from the past, if we know how to listen."--64 Parishes"Visions in a Seer Stone raises the house lights and illuminates the stage in a way that will hopefully inspire further work into the conditions under which the Book of Mormon came into existence."--Journal of the Book of Mormon"[Princes] study of Robert Charles and the social upheaval attached to his name opens new directions for American and southern historians of police power and Black rebellion. . . . Readers will find few heroes or villains in his account, and fewer injunctions. Instead, The Ballad of Robert Charles seeks to understand the manifold violence necessary to maintain white supremacy in America."--Agricultural History"A powerful, eloquent meditation on what it means to do history, on how the combination of racism, evidentiary silences, and memory conspire to obscure our understanding of the past."--Journal of American History"A well-told and imaginative work of history that should inform the study of racial violence and the American South for years to come . . . . In addition to writing the definitive history of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, Prince brilliantly pinpoints the ways in which a riot and its repercussions continued to shape race relations in New Orleans and the United States for more than a century."--David Godshalk, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Review Quote The Ballad of Robert Charles is something new; it forces its reader to reexamine the role of geography, memory, and silence in the project of writing the histories of populations muted by poverty and racism. And for that this work is not only interesting. It is vital." -- Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books Details ISBN1469661829 Author K. Stephen Prince Short Title The Ballad of Robert Charles Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1469661829 ISBN-13 9781469661827 Format Paperback Pages 264 DOI 10.5149/9781469661841_Prince Publication Date 2021-03-30 UK Release Date 2021-03-30 Imprint The University of North Carolina Press Place of Publication Chapel Hill Country of Publication United States Illustrations 15 halftones, 8 maps, 3 tables AU Release Date 2021-03-01 NZ Release Date 2021-03-01 Publisher The University of North Carolina Press Subtitle Searching for the New Orleans Riot of 1900 DEWEY 976.33506092 Audience General US Release Date 2021-03-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131681726;

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