Blood Justice Howard Smead (Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland Director of Night Research at The Washington Post)

Name: Blood Justice By Howard Smead (Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland Director of Night Research at The Washington Post)
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Blood Justice by Howard Smead (Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland Director of Night Research at The Washington Post)

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In Mississipi in 1959 a black man charged with rape was lynched by a white mob, one of the last lynchings in America.

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Blood Justice: The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker by Howard Smead (Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland Director of Night Research at The Washington Post)

In 1959, in Poplarville, Mississippi, a young black man charged with the rape of a white woman was abducted from his gaol cell by a white mob, beaten, carried across the state lines, and finally shot, his body being dumped in the Pearl River. A massive FBI investigation followed and two grand juries met to investigate the lynching; yet no arrests or indictments were ever made. This book meticulously reconstructs the story of one of the last lynchings in America - a grim, dramatic, but nearly forgotten episode from the Civil Rights era. Howard Smead presents a vivid picture of a small Southern town gripped by racism and distrust of federal authority, and of the travesty that followed in the wake of the lynching.

Blood Justice Reviews

'This meticulous account of an almost forgotton event fills a significant gap in the history of the Civil Rights era.' Washington Post Book World 'Mr Smead's account is not openly didactic or moralistic. Instead, he relies on a fine sense of organization and tight journalistic prose to propel the story. Blood Justice is a grim reminder of what Southern race relations once were' Baltimore Sun 'A powerful and thought-provoking documentary.' Booklist 'Smead used an impressive array of primary sources, particularly Justice Department and FBI documents only recently available, plus interviews with participants and newspaper accounts. The resulting history of this forgotton episode simply must be included in any public or academic collection' Choice

About Howard Smead (Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland Director of Night Research at The Washington Post)

Howard Smead is a lecturer in History and Afro-American Studies at the University of Maryland and Director of Night Research at The Washington Post.

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9780195054293

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Title

Blood Justice: The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker by Howard Smead (Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland Director of Night Research at The Washington Post)

Author

Howard Smead (Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, Lecturer, Afro-American Studies Program, University of Maryland Director of Night Research at The Washington Post)

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year published

1988-07-14

Number of pages

272

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