![]() ![]() ![]() When the government stepped in, it was often to fan the flames. Self-appointed vigilantes executed tens of thousands ofcitizens' arrests.Some seventy-five newspapers and magazines were banned from the mail and forced to close. Courts threw thousands of peopleinto prison foropinions they voiced-in one notable case, onlyin private. Mobs burned Black churches to the ground. One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfictionĪ BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York Post, Fast Companyįrom legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a "masterly" ( New York Times ) reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor. ![]()
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