| Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Hollars, B. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0817317538 ISBN-13: 9780817317539 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 364.134 |
| LCCN: 2011003388 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.82" W x 8.85" (1.08 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - South |
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| Publisher Description: 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 nearly fifty-years later, highlighting the cowardice, ignorance, and happenstance that sustained a culture of racial intolerance far into the future.Nearly half a century later, after a black bank robber was acquitted for the murder of police Sergeant Gene Ballard, two Klansmen took it upon themselves to exact revenge on an innocent victim--nineteen-year-old African American Michael Donald. Donald's murder--deemed the last lynching in America--reignited the race debate in America and culminated in a courtroom drama in which the United Klans of America were at long last put on trial. While tracing the relationships among these murders, B. J. Hollars's research led him deep into the heart of Alabama's racial, political, and legal landscapes. A work of literary journalism, Thirteen Loops draws upon rarely examined primary sources, court documents, newspaper reports, and first-hand accounts in an effort to unravel the twisted tale of a pair of interconnected murders that forever altered United States' race relations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hollars, B. J.: - B.J. Hollars is the editor of You Must Be This Tall To Ride: Contemporary Writers Take You Inside The Story. He received his M.F.A in Creative Writing from The University of Alabama and has published in North American Review, Ninth Letter, and The Southeast Review, among others. He is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Benjamin J. Hollars is the author of Last Stand in Dixie: The Desegregation of The University of Alabama and the Battle for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa. Benjamin J. Hollars is the author of Thirteen Loops.
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