Introduction * Part One: East St. Louis and Its World * East St. Louis Transformed: The Emergence of an Industrial City * The Structure of Power * Popular Culture, Race, and Violence * Part Two: Race Riot * Race Riot: The Conjuncture *Anatomy of the Killing * "Hot Lead from the Race Quarters": Black East St. Louis and Self-Defense * Conclusion * Epilogue * Bibliography
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