The Lynching
The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Describes the brutal killing of a young black man and subsequent conviction of two Klansmen in 1981 Alabama and the civil suit that exposed the true motives and philosophy of the organization and ultimately bankrupted them.
Subjects:
Donald, Michael, 1961-1981.
Dees, Morris.
United Klans of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Alabama -- History.
Lynching -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Racism -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Donald, Michael, 1961-1981.
Dees, Morris.
United Klans of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Alabama -- History.
Lynching -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Racism -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780062458346
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TRUE CRIME Lea | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-358) and index.