Rope & Faggot: A Biography of Judge Lynch

by Walter Francis White

Book Overview

In 1926, Walter White, assistant secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, broke the story of a horrific lynching in Aiken, South Carolina, in which three African Americans were murdered while more than one thousand spectators watched. Because of his light complexion, blonde hair, and blue eyes, White, an African American, was able to investigate first-hand more than forty lynchings and eight race riots.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268040079
• ISBN13: 9780268040079
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 7.9"