Lynching in Mississippi
Subtitle: A History, 1865-1965
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: November 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780786427222
Subjects: Black studies; Crime & criminology; Social history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - State & Local - General; History - U.S; History; History: American; Mississippi; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; General; United States - General; History / United States; History - General History; Lynching; Race relations
Description: "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.