Talk:Red Summer of 1919
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The page is vague, detail poor, and lacks NPOV. Details on the Red Scare page regarding this Red Summer indicate that there were 36 bombs mailed out on May 1st 1919, an act of terrorism that is believed to be instigated by the Communist party of the USA. This page has no mention of this act, preferring to claim that lack of labor price controls caused race riots - a spurious claim at best. Octothorn 05:06, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
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- Uh, the Red Scare page does not have anything on bombs during May 1919.-212.85.24.83 13:39, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
To anon
This page needs a rewrite. Right now it's a mess. It makes categorical statements, such as the opening one, "Red Summer is a term coined by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)".... OK, never heard that before, state the source. The tone of this page says that the Red Summer was basicly a war of whites against blacks. Was this the case? Were there NO whites on the Left in this fight? The ACLU? United Methodists? The suffurage movement? Was it strictly white against black? This short page paints that picture for me and it doen't ring true. Is Red Summer a subset of the Red Scare? If that's true, it should be linked in the text and the history categories. This page has been under the 'Articles lacking sources' category for some time. It needs to be brought up to Wiki standards. Mytwocents 05:28, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
The term "by any means necessary" in this article is confusing. The link to the term says the phrase was coined by Sartre in 1965 and popularized by Malcolm X. If the Red Summer was in 1919, it doesn't seem possible that this statement is true.--K2rk 15:45, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] npov
what specific changes are needed to remove the NPOV label. Thanks Hmains 01:31, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] label
I have removed the label on the article. No one responded with any statement of problems.
[edit] james weldon johnson
I just added the point that "Red Summer" was coined by author James Weldon Johnson.. heres the source for it, I just am not familiar with wikipedia syntax to actually footnote it.. but it is sourced...
Altman, Susan. "Red Summer." Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage, Second Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2000. American History Online, Online (9 February 2006)
I am doing a term paper on the Red Summer, so may add more stuff later, if I have time... --Evolrewsna 03:58, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] references...
the first reference "Red Summer - A Season of Fear" is total crap.. I'm sorry, it's used (at least where it is linked from) as an educational tool... I doubt the validity of it... or at least I would not stake anything worth anything on it... --Evolrewsna 03:58, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] delete "by any means necessary"
- --black leaders promoted self-defense by any means necessary.
According to the linked article, this phrase was coined in 1963 so it is inappropriate to use it in this context. AdamRetchless 15:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
