The Tragedy of Lynching. - Hardcover

Raper

 
9780837111452: The Tragedy of Lynching.

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Thorough accounts and analyses of more than 20 lynchings that occurred in America during 1930, prepared by a commission composed of Southern scholars and investigators. Each lynching is examined in detail, including the formation of the mob, behavior of the police, and economic background of the area where the crime occurred.

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"Dr. Raper has constructed an unassailable thesis against a heinous crime we have too long ignored or of which we have thought too little."-America ?Dr. Raper has constructed an unassailable thesis against a heinous crime we have too long ignored or of which we have thought too little.?-America

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