Full name: At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America

Author: Philip Dray Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780375754456 0375754458

Winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary account of lynching in America, by acclaimed civil rights historian Philip Dray, shines a clear, bright light on American history's darkest stain--illuminating its causes, perpetrators, apologists, and victims. Philip Dray also tells the story of the men and women who led the long and difficult fight to expose and eradicate lynching, including Ida B. Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and W.E.B. Du Bois. If lynching is emblematic of what is worst about America, their fight may stand for what is best: the commitment to justice and fairness and the conviction that one individual's sense of right can suffice to defy the gravest of wrongs. This landmark book follows the trajectory of both forces over American history--and makes lynching's legacy belong to us all. Similar books: There Is Power in a Union by Philip Dray Red Summer by Cameron McWhirter White over Black by Winthrop D. Jordan Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff America by Dinesh D'Souza Unfreedom of the Press by Mark R. Levin A Warning by Anonymous American Nations by Colin Woodard Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of American History by Richard Shenkman Control by Glenn Beck Licensed to Lie by Sidney Powell The Big Lie by Dinesh D'Souza The Anarchy by William Dalrymple Fascism by Madeleine Albright Ship of Fools by Tucker Carlson If You Can Keep It by Eric Metaxas The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk The Residence by Kate Andersen Brower The Fifties by David Halberstam