On Lynchings

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Book Overview

Though the end of the Civil War brought legal emancipation to blacks, it is a fact of history that their social oppression continued long after. The most virulent form of this ongoing persecution was the practice of lynching carried out by mob rule, often as local law enforcement officials looked the other way. During the 1880s and 1890s, more than 100 African Americans per year were lynched, and in 1892 alone the toll of murdered men and women reached...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591020085
• ISBN13: 9781591020080
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Humanities Press Intl
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Hard truth to swallow

Ida B. is my sHero. Recommended reading for all Americans, especially those that see no "harm" in displaying a noose here and there.

THE WHOLE TRUTH

This is another book ÄBOUT TIME!" The truth to be known about this heroic lady, and how times haven't changed. This is a book that should be required reading in schools.