Lynching in America: A History in Documents

by Christopher Waldrep

Book Overview

Whether conveyed through newspapers, photographs, or Billie Holliday's haunting song "Strange Fruit," lynching has immediate and graphic connotations for all who hear the word. Images of lynching are generally unambiguous: black victims hanging from trees, often surrounded by gawking white mobs. While this picture of lynching tells a distressingly familiar story about mob violence in America, it is not the full story. Lynching in America presents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814793983
• ISBN13: 9780814793985
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 10.1"