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Coatesville and the lynching of Zachariah Walker : death in a Pennsylvania steel town / Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downey, Dennis B., 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Walker, Zachariah, -1911.
- Walker, Zachariah.
- Lynching--Pennsylvania--Coatesville--Case studies.
- Lynching.
- Trials (Murder)--Pennsylvania--Coatesville.
- Trials (Murder).
- Coatesville (Pa.)--Race relations.
- Coatesville (Pa.).
- Race relations.
- Pennsylvania--Coatesville.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : History Press, ©2011.
- Summary:
- "On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. On the 100th anniversary of the lynching and the 20th anniversary of the books original release as No Crooked Death, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community."--Page [4] of cover.
- Contents:
- "That quiet sabbath evening"
- "A conspiracy of silence"
- "A disgraceful travesty of justice"
- "To humiliate the administration of justice"
- "An American tragedy."
- Notes:
- "The present work is a substantial revision of our earlier work entitled No Crooked Death, published by the University of Illinois Press in 1991"--Introduction.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).
- Local Notes:
- The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781609492809
- 1609492803
- OCLC:
- 709408073
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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