About the Author

David Fort Godshalk is professor and chair of the Department of History-Philosophy at Shippensburg University.

Reviews

"A timely publication. . . . A page-turner which must be applauded for its readability and thorough documentation. It should find a ready audience not only in academe but also among readers in the general public."
-- "Florida Historical Quarterly"

"If the contours of Godshalk's narrative are familiar, his treatment is never facile. . . . Provides a complex and nuanced account of inter-class tension in the black community. . . . Noteworthy for its effort to factor themes of class and gender into a book so outwardly concerned with issues of race."
-- "Journal of Social History"

""Veiled Visions" offers important insights into race relations and the emergence of an urban social landscape in the South and the nation."
-- "Historian"

"[This] pioneering study of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot is a brilliant exposition of the creation of Atlanta's myth of racial progressivism. . . . May be the best monograph ever written on the aftermath of a major race riot in a U.S. city. . . . Deserves the broadest possible audience . . . will critically inform debates in the histories of segregation, urban public policy, and poverty studies."
-- "American Historical Review"

"Godshalk has given us an impeccably researched and extremely well-written book on the tragic 1906 Atlanta Race Riot. In reaching far beyond this topic and placing it in a historical context, he has strikingly illuminated the reshaping of American race relations throughout much of the twentieth century."
-- "Georgia Historical Quarterly"

"This sobering book offers an excellent analysis of American race relations."
-- "History"