University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Doctoral Dissertations Student Scholarship Winter 2020 White Discipline, Black Rebellion: A History of American Race Riots from Emancipation to the War on Drugs Jordan C. Burke University of New Hampshire, Durham Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation Recommended Citation Burke, Jordan C., "White Discipline, Black Rebellion: A History of American Race Riots from Emancipation to the War on Drugs" (2020). Doctoral Dissertations. 2544. https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/2544 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. White Discipline, Black Rebellion: A History of American Race Riots from Emancipation to the War on Drugs By Jordan C. Burke BA, English, La Salle University, 2004 MA, English, Rutgers University, 2009 MA, Sociology, University of New Hampshire, 2017 PhD, Sociology, University of New Hampshire, 2020 DISSERTATION Submitted to the University of New Hampshire in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology December, 2020 i DISSERTATION COMMITTEE This dissertation was examined and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Ph.D. in Sociology by: Dissertation Director, Dr. Cliff Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Michele Dillon, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Class of 1944 Professor of Sociology Dr. Cesar Rebellon, Professor of Sociology Dr.