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A Death in the Delta

by Stephen J. Whitfield
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Overview

Here is the full, shocking story of the lynching that exposed the true brutality of the nation's tradition of racism to a confident prosperous post-World War II America and helped ignite the 1960s civil rights movement.

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American Journal of Legal History

Whitfield... is able to write with power, strength, and persuasion.

— Raymond T. Diamond

Book Details

Published
November 1, 1988
Publisher
New York : Free Press ; c1988.
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780029351215

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