num_pages: 235
description: A veteran Southern journalist journeys into the heart of rural Alabama to reveal why the small town of Little River erupted into a series of violent racial incidents in 1997, including the murder of a young black man, an attack on the white owner of a local general store, and the burning of two black churches by five white teenagers.
language: English
title: The Ballad of Little River: A Tale of Race and Restless Youth in the Rural South
titlecomplete: The Ballad of Little River: A Tale of Race and Restless Youth in the Rural South
genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, History
ratings_count: 26
publisher: Free Press