Democracy abroad, lynching at home : racial violence in Florida / Tameka Bradley Hobbs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobbs, Tameka B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--Florida.

Lynching.

African Americans--Crimes against--Florida.

African Americans.

Race relations.

History.

African Americans--Crimes against.

Florida--Race relations--History.

Florida.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]

Summary:

In this book, Tameka Hobbs investigates the history of racial violence and lynchings in Florida, focusing especially on a string of brutal lynchings that occurred during the 1940s. She argues that these lynchings created difficult diplomatic moments during both World War II and the Cold War period and that they forced the U.S. government to become more active in prosecuting racial violence.

Contents:

Lynched twice : Arthur C. Williams, Gadsden County, 1941

A degree of restraint : the trials of Cellos Harrison, 1940-1943

The failure of forbearance : the lynching of Cellos Harrison, Jackson County, 1943

"A very cheap article" : the lynching of Willie James Howard, Suwannee County, 1944

Still at it : the lynching of Jesse James Payne, Madison County, 1945

Conclusion

Epilogue. Strange fruit, bitter seeds : the echoes of lynching violence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index.

ISBN:

9780813061047

0813061040

OCLC:

892431968