Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America

by B.J. Hollars

Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America recounts the story of three innocent victims, all of whom suffered violent deaths through no fault of their own: Vaudine Maddox in 1933 in Tuscaloosa, Sergeant Gene Ballard in 1979 in Birmingham, and Michael Donald in 1981 in Mobile.

The death of Vaudine Maddox--and the lynchings that followed--serves as a cautionary tale about the violence that occurred in the same region...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817317538
• ISBN13: 9780817317539
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"