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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Anatomy of a lynching Anatomy of a lynching James R. McGovern It is an academic (PhD work) that examines the last (?) lynching of an African American (Negro), which occurred in West Florida. The author observed that economic conditions; that is, competition fo… OL109624W
Blood harvest Blood harvest Brant Randall "What drives a small town in 1929 New England to lynch a man? When immigrant Nick DeCosta elopes with the wild youngest daughter of the MacKay clan, the county's leading moonshiners, the stage is set… OL13754557W
Simeon's story Simeon's story Herb Boyd,Simeon Wright,Simeon Wright A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime in a Southern backwater that became the catalyst for the civil… OL13852525W
Let's meet Ida B. Wells-Barnett Let's meet Ida B. Wells-Barnett Helen Frost Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a journalist who wrote about and spoke against the unfair treatment of African Americans. OL15045490W
The lynching The lynching Laurence Leamer "The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most… OL19668258W
Starshine & clay Starshine & clay Kamilah Aisha Moon 112 pages ; 23 cm OL19718877W
Honor killing Honor killing David E. Stannard In the fall of 1931, Thalia Massie, the bored, aristocratic wife of a young naval officer stationed in Honolulu, accused six nonwhite islanders of gang rape. The ensuing trial let loose a storm of ra… OL4279238W
California Casualties California Casualties Robert J. Randisi When Skye Fargo saves a doomed and dangling man from a neck-snapping party on the California Coast, all hell breaks loose. Now he's the one riding for his life, with a killer posse on his tail. OL999569W