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. - xii, 281 p.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780814784686 (electronic bk.)




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


Electronic books.

E185.2 / .W67 2012

973/.0496073