Lynching and Murder in the Deep South
Detroit : Lucent Books, [2007]
Format: Book
Description: 104 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Describes the history of lynching in the South after the Civil War, including the increase in violence and brutal treatment of the victims, a demographic look at those who formed lynch mobs, and the efforts undertaken to prevent lynching.
Series: Lucent library of Black history.
Contents:
Introduction: the tools of racial terrorism -- The brutality of lynching and murder -- Maintaining social and racial order through violence -- The face of hatred : the perpetrators of violence -- The effort to end lynching -- Violence during the civil rights era -- Justice delayed : prosecuting lynchers decades later.
Subjects:
Lynching -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Violence against -- Southern States -- History.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History.
Lynching -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Violence against -- Southern States -- History.
Southern States -- Race relations -- History.
ISBN:
1590188454
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Usc | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Usc | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-99) and index.