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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Blue Monday
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Harper Barnes
is a longtime editor and cultural critic for the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
. He edited the Boston
Phoenix
and also has written for the
Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone
, and the
Washington Post
. Barnes is author of
Blue Monday
, a historical novel, and
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, a biography. He lives in St. Louis with his wife, Roseann Weiss, and enjoys bicycling, canoeing, and fishing in the nearby Ozarks.

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Barnes, Harper, 1937–
Never been a time : the 1917 race riot that sparked the civil rights movement / Harper
Barnes.—1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8027-1575-3 (hardcover)
1. East Saint Louis (Ill.)—Race relations—History—20th century. 2. East Saint Louis (Ill.)—
Social conditions—20th century. 3. Race riots—Illinois—East Saint Louis—History—20th
century. 4. Violence—Illinois—East Saint Louis—History—20th century. 5. African
Americans—Illinois—East Saint Louis—Social conditions—20th century. 6. African
Americans—Crimes against—Illinois—East Saint Louis—History—20th century. 7. African
Americans—Civil rights—Illinois—East Saint Louis—History—20th century.
I. Title.
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