Bibliograph

Lynching and murder in the deep South, Michael V. Uschan

Type

Label

Lynching and murder in the deep South, Michael V. Uschan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-99) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lynching and murder in the deep South

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

62782182

Responsibility statement

Michael V. Uschan

Series statement

Lucent library of Black history

Summary

Describes the history of lynching in the South after the Civil War, including the increase in violence and brutal treatment of the victims, a demographic look at those who formed lynch mobs, and the efforts undertaken to prevent lynching

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Brutality of lynching and murder -- Maintaining social and racial order through violence -- The face of hatred : the perpetrators of violence -- The effort to end lynching -- Violence during the civil rights era -- Justice delayed : prosecuting lynchers decades later

Target audience

juvenile

Classification