100 Years of Lynching

by Ralph Ginzburg

Book Overview

Ginzburg compiles vivid newspaper accounts from 1886 to 1960 to provide insight and understanding of the history of racial violence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933121180
• ISBN13: 9780933121188
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Black Classic Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

100 Years of Hell

As I began to read the book, I could not believe what people had done to african american people. The only thing I remember is being told about one lynching. I wonder why they (teachers) never told the whole truth. They always made sure they talked about how (WE) were slaves, maybe they were to ashamed how white people really treated us. Let me get back to the book, it is a must have. If for nothing else, the history. I cried so many times while reading this book.

Still Relevant Today

I read this book back in 1967, when I was a young teen, first entering high school. It made a profound impression upon my and life and was one of the reasons I choose my line of work. For me it was a telling story of state sanctioned terroism against African Americans. While we all lament citizen to citizen crime, especially at the alarming rate we see today, we must not forget the crimes that took place as described in this book, crimes that were either sanctioned, permitted, initiated or suppressed by State, Local and National government. Government is suppose to protect the people, the innocent and punish the guilty. We are indeed lost when the government becomes the guilty or protectors of the guilty. We have a lot to learn and it it good that we are now willing as a nation to take a look at our past. Additionally, for many years this book was unavailable, and many of us were told it had been "banned" by the government sometime in the late sixties to early seventies. I am glad to see that regardless of why it was unvailable for so many yeart, that it is back in print.

The basis of Black Rage

Ralph Ginzburg in this historic book show that African-Americans are justified in their fear of White America. The graphic details of lynchings show how racism can make people do to their fellow man. Anyone who wants to understand the roots of Black Nationalism should read this book.

Primary Sources on Lynching

Given its politically and culturally loaded history, lynching is one of the most difficult topics to teach in American universities. Ginzburg's book makes the job easier by providing the instructor with primary documents with which to examine the phenomenon. In particular, Ginzburg's collection is useful because it draws upon newspaper articles intended for a number of constituencies. Some, directed at racist whites, cheer the lynchings. Meanwhile, black newspapers and those directed at more progressive whites decry the practice. As such, the collection is a perfect tool for examing the place of lynching within various US communities in the latter 19th and early 20th century. Even more excellent when combined with the visual record of _No Sanctuary_.