African American testimonies of racial violence from emancipation to World War I Williams, Kidada E. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York New York University Press c2012 2012 monographic eng

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xii, 281 p. 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. Kidada E. Williams. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us--- 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 United States History Racism United States History 20th century E185.2 .W67 2012eb 973/.0496073 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10535663 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10535663 CaPaEBR 110929 ebr10535663