On the courthouse lawn : confronting the legacy of lynching in the twenty-first century / Sherrilyn A. Ifill.
| Author/creator | Ifill, Sherrilyn A. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Beacon Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xx, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | pt. I. A season of madness: twentieth-century lynching on the Eastern Shore. A conversation on race: lynching and the courthouse lawn ; Mob rule on the shore, 1931-1933 ; A conspiracy of silence: ordinary people and complicity in lynching ; "The law in all its majesty" ; "Serving the peninsula": local newspapers and lynching -- pt. II. Truth and reconciliation for lynching in the twenty-first century. Reconciliation and lynching in international context ; Breaking the silence: "words are the most powerful tools of all" ; Confronting the role of institutions in racial/ethnic violence ; Reconciliation in the twenty-first century. |
| Local note | Little-347983--305131054198/ |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-191) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006016618 |
| ISBN | 0807009873 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807009871 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780807009888 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807009881 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV6457 .I45 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |