Cameron McWhirter

Author of "Red Summer"

Cameron McWhirter appears in the following:

The AR-15 Story

Thursday, September 28, 2023

The story of America's gun culture through that of the AR-15, a weapon that went from use in Vietnam to leisure and mass shootings.

Tussle over R.E.M's Trestle

Thursday, February 09, 2012

A trestle in Athens, GA that appeared on the back cover of R.E.M.'s 1983 album, "Murmur," is facing an uncertain future. Cameron McWhirter recently wrote about the bridge for the Wall Street Journal - and he tells us the story.

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Excerpt: 'Red Summer'

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

PRI
WNYC

An excerpt from "Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America," by Cameron McWhirter.

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Carswell Grove
[T]here has been nobody suffered in this matter like I have. I did not do nothing at all to cause that riot.
JOE RUFFIN

1. Carswell Grove

[T]here has been nobody suffered in this matter like I have. I did not do nothing at all to cause that riot.

JOE RUFFIN

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