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.
• African Americans--Crimes against--Florida.
• Florida--Race relations--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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 1940's. 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.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 0-8130-5131-2
• 0-8130-5546-6

OCLC:

911054723