Blood at the root : a racial cleansing in America /
Phillips, Patrick, 1970-
Blood at the root : a racial cleansing in America / Patrick Phillips. - First edition. - xxii, 302 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index
Introduction: Law of the land -- The scream -- Riot, rout, tumult -- The missing girl -- And the mob came on -- A straw in the whirlwind -- The devil's own horses -- The majesty of the law -- Fastening the noose -- We condemn this conduct -- Crush the thing in its infancy -- The scaffold -- When they were slaves -- Driven to the cook stoves -- Exile, 1913/1920 -- Erasure, 1920/1970 -- The attempted murder of Miguel Marcelli -- The brotherhood march, 1987 -- Silence is consent -- Epilogue: A pack of wild dogs
"A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia and ... testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America ... Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century"--
9780393293012 0393293017
2016018237
African Americans--Crimes against--History--Georgia--Forsyth County--20th century.
Forsyth County (Ga.)--Race relations--History.
History.
F292.F67 / P47 2016
305.8009758/265
Blood at the root : a racial cleansing in America / Patrick Phillips. - First edition. - xxii, 302 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index
Introduction: Law of the land -- The scream -- Riot, rout, tumult -- The missing girl -- And the mob came on -- A straw in the whirlwind -- The devil's own horses -- The majesty of the law -- Fastening the noose -- We condemn this conduct -- Crush the thing in its infancy -- The scaffold -- When they were slaves -- Driven to the cook stoves -- Exile, 1913/1920 -- Erasure, 1920/1970 -- The attempted murder of Miguel Marcelli -- The brotherhood march, 1987 -- Silence is consent -- Epilogue: A pack of wild dogs
"A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia and ... testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America ... Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century"--
9780393293012 0393293017
2016018237
African Americans--Crimes against--History--Georgia--Forsyth County--20th century.
Forsyth County (Ga.)--Race relations--History.
History.
F292.F67 / P47 2016
305.8009758/265