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Blood at the root : a racial cleansing in America  Cover Image Book Book

Blood at the root : a racial cleansing in America

Summary: "A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia and ... testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America ... Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780393293012
  • ISBN: 0393293017
  • Physical Description: print
    xxii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Law of the land -- The scream -- Riot, rout, tumult -- The missing girl -- And the mob came on -- A straw in the whirlwind -- The devil's own horses -- The majesty of the law -- Fastening the noose -- We condemn this conduct -- Crush the thing in its infancy -- The scaffold -- When they were slaves -- Driven to the cook stoves -- Exile, 1913/1920 -- Erasure, 1920/1970 -- The attempted murder of Miguel Marcelli -- The brotherhood march, 1987 -- Silence is consent -- Epilogue: A pack of wild dogs.
Awards Note:
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, Shortlist 2017.
Subject: Forsyth County (Ga.) Race relations History
Race relations Georgia Forsyth County
HISTORY United States 20th Century
HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations
Race relations
Georgia Forsyth County
Schwarze
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
Rassendiskriminierung
Verbannung
Gewalt
Rassentrennung
Rassismus
Vertreibung
Forsyth, Ga
Discrimination
History
Southern States History
Race relations
Georgia Forsyth County
Genre: History.
History.
History.
History.
History.

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  • 3 out of 3 copies are currently available at Clayton County Library System.

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Clayton County Library System:
      Forest Park Branch
305.8009 PHILLIPS, PATRICK ( Send Text)
31012004731566 STACKS Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Lovejoy Branch
305.800 PHILLIPS, PATRICK ( Send Text)
31012004676076 STACKS Available
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      Morrow Branch
305.800 PHILLIPS, PATRICK ( Send Text)
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