The penalty for success
Subtitle: my father was lynched in Lowndes County, Alabama
By: by Josephine Bolling McCall ; [foreword by Hasan Kwame Jeffries, preface by Josephine Bolling McCall]
Publisher: McQuick Printing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Montgomery, AL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780692406229
Subjects: Lynching; History; Violence; Racism; Race relations
Description: The Penalty for Success tells the story of the murder of a black man in the 1940s Lowndes County, Alabama. It is a story that reveals the scheme to cover up a 'lynching'. The author's story of her father's brutal murder presents convincing evidence that he was lynched, although he was not hanged, mutilated, or burned in front of a crowd of people. Elmore Bolling was shot six times in the front of his body with a pistol and once in the back with a shotgun. After years of research, including interviews with relatives and elderly Lowndes County residents, the author sought and found answers to many troubling questions that she had about her family, especially about events in her father's life. Her journey of discovery presents a revealing narrative of a time, a place, and a people that challenges us to rethink the reality of life for both blacks and whites in a rural, southern community. -- book cover flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-314).
Table of contents: title: The awakening; title: The lynching; title: The Bolling legacy; title: A new generation of Bollings; title: Ol' lazy boy; title: The 'T' truck; title: The farmer entrepreneur; title: Philosophy, philanthropy, philandering; title: Joining Auntee Bo; title: 'Get off my land'; title: The store; title: ' ... too good a nigger!'; title: The aftermath; title: Fleeing for our lives.