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They left great marks on me

Williams, Kidada E.

They left great marks on me African American testimonies of racial violence from emancipation to World War I / [electronic resource] : Kidada E. Williams. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xii, 281 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The "special object(s) of hatred and persecution" : the terror of emancipation -- "A long series of oppression, injustice, and violence" : the purgatory of sectional reconciliation -- "Lynched, burned alive, Jim-Crowed in my country" : shaping responses to the descent to hell -- "If you can, the colored needs help" : reaching out from local communities -- "It is not for us to run away from violence" : fueling the NAACP's antilynching -- Crusade -- Epilogue : closer to the promised land.

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Racism--History--United States--20th century
Lynching--History.--United States
African Americans--Violence against--History--20th century.
African Americans--Violence against--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--1877-1964.
African Americans--History--1863-1877.


Electronic books.

E185.2 / .W67 2012

973/.0496073