Racial Violence in Kentucky: Lynchings, Mob Rule, and Legal Lynchings Contributor(s): Wright, George C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807120731 ISBN-13: 9780807120736 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: The story of the men, women, and children who suffered the scourge of racial oppression in the Bluegrass State from the end of the Civil War to 1940. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - True Crime - Social Science |
Dewey: 364.134 |
LCCN: 89038651 |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 8.94" (1.10 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Wright vividly portrays the clash between racist militants and blacks who would not submit to terror. The book makes clear the brutality concealed beneath the surface veneer of moderation. -- Journal of Southern History |