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Author Dray, Philip.

Title At the hands of persons unknown : the lynching of Black America / Philip Dray.

Imprint New York : Modern Library, 2003, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  364.1340975 D797a 2003 c.2  ---  Available
Edition Modern Library pbk. ed.
Description xii, 528 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-477) and index.
Contents "A negro's life is a very cheap thing in Georgia" -- Judge Lynch's Law -- To gather my race in my arms -- The compromise -- "Let the eagle scream!" -- Writing history with lightning -- The wisest and best response -- The shame of America -- The tragedy of lynching -- States' rights, states' wrongs -- It can happen here -- Under color of law.
Subject Lynching -- Southern States -- History.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Southern States.
Southern States -- Race relations.
Added Title Lynching of Black America
ISBN 0375754458 (pbk.) : $14.95
9780375754456 (pbk.)

 
    
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