Under sentence of death : lynching in the South / edited by W. Fitzhugh Brundage.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brundage, W. Fitzhugh (William Fitzhugh), 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--Southern States--History.

Lynching.

African Americans--Crimes against--History.

African Americans.

Racism.

History.

African Americans--Crimes against.

Southern States--Race relations--History.

Southern States.

Race relations.

Racism--Southern States--History.

Physical Description:

ix, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1997]

Summary:

"This important contribution to southern history and the history of U.S. race relations promises to inform, challenge, and enlighten readers". Patricia Sullivan, Author of Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era

Explores the legacies lynching left to southern society and the black struggle for social justice

From the assembled work of fifteen leading scholars emerges a complex and provocative portrait of lynching in the American South. With subjects ranging in time from the late antebellum period to the early twentieth century, and in place from the border states to the Deep South, this collection of essays provides a rich comparative context in which to study the troubling history of lynching.

Covering a broad spectrum of methodologies, these essays further expand the study of lynching by exploring such topics as same-race lynchings, black resistance to white violence, and the political motivations for lynching.

Addressing both the history and the legacy of lynching, the book raises important questions about Southern history, race relations, and the nature of American violence. Though focused on events in the South, these essays speak to patterns of violence, injustice, and racism that have plagued the entire nation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0807823260

0807846368

OCLC:

35008230