Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home
Subtitle: Racial Violence in Florida
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Aug 11, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780813061047
Description: In this book, Tameka Hobbs investigates the history of racial violence and lynchings in Florida, focusing especially on a string of brutal lynchings that occurred during the 1940s. She argues that these lynchings created difficult diplomatic moments during both World War II and the Cold War period and that they forced the U.S. government to become more active in prosecuting racial violence.
Notes: Source title: Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence in Florida