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Lynchings in Mississippi : a history, 1865-1965
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Lynchings in Mississippi : a history, 1865-1965 / Julius E. Thompson.
ISBN
0786427221 (illustrated case : alk. paper)
9780786427222 (illustrated case : alk. paper)
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, c2007.
Physical Description
v, 253 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.
Summary
"Studies lynching in Mississippi from Civil War through civil rights movement. Arranged chronologically, it examines how lynching unfolded in the state, and assesses large number of deaths, reasons, the distribution by counties, cities and rural locations, and public responses. Covers lynching's legacy in the decades since 1965, and an appendix offers a chronology"--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 20, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-245) and index.
Contents
The emancipation era, 1865-1869
Terror in the day and night, 1870-1879
Hope in a time of despair, 1880-1889
Faith during the years of nadir, 1890-1899
The search for justice in a new century, 1900-1909
The era of world war I, 1910-1919
The jazz age, 1920-1929
The great depression, 1930-1939
The era of world war II, 1940-1949
Changes in a new era, 1950-1959
The freedom struggle, 1960-1965
Epilogue : faith in our times, 1966-2002.
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