{"title":"Cameron McWhirter","description":"Cameron McWhirter is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal. He was awarded a Nieman Foundation Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard in 2007. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.","products":[{"product_id":"red-summer-the-summer-of-1919-and-the-awakening-of-black-america-paperback","title":"Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. 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