Popular justice: a history of lynching in America
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Lynching has often been called "America's national crime" that has defined the tradition of extralegal violence in America. Having claimed many thousand victims, "Judge Lynch" holds a firm place in the dark recesses of our national memory. In this book the author explores the hi…
Popular justice: a history of lynching in America
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Lynching has often been called "America's national crime" that has defined the tradition of extralegal violence in America. Having claimed many thousand victims, "Judge Lynch" holds a firm place in the dark recesses of our national memory. In this book the author explores the hi…
This collection of essays explores "such topics as same-race lynchings, black resistance to white violence, and the political motivations for lynching ... The book raises important questions about Southern history,race relations, and the nature of American violence."--Page 4 of …
This collection of essays explores "such topics as same-race lynchings, black resistance to white violence, and the political motivations for lynching ... The book raises important questions about Southern history, race relations, and the nature of American violence."--Back cove…
This collection of essays explores "such topics as same-race lynchings, black resistance to white violence, and the political motivations for lynching ... The book raises important questions about Southern history, race relations, and the nature of American violence."--Page 4 of…
This study presents public reinforcement of white supremacy. Lynch mobs in late 19th and 20th century America often exacted horrifying public torture and mutilation on their victims. In this book, Amy Wood explains what it meant for white Americans to perform and witness these s…
By examining lynching spectacles alongside both traditional and modern practices and within both local and national contexts, Wood reconfigures our understanding of lynching's relationship to modern life. ;from publisher description.
By examining lynching spectacles alongside both traditional and modern practices and within both local and national contexts, Wood reconfigures our understanding of lynching's relationship to modern life. --from publisher description.