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Mary Turner and the Mob: The Brooks-Lowndes Race Riot of 1918 in History and Memory

Mary Turner and the Mob: The Brooks-Lowndes Race Riot of 1918 in History and Memory - Hardcover

by Thomas Aiello
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas AielloPublish date:2025-01-09Pages:228
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of South Carolina PressISBN-13:9781643365046ISBN-10:1643365045UPC:9781643365046Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.20 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCFK387RQB

Mary Turner and the Mob: The Brooks-Lowndes Race Riot of 1918 in History and Memory

A reinterpretation of one of America's most notorious lynchings

The 1918 lynching of Mary Turner by a white mob in Brooks County, Georgia, is remembered and studied mainly because of the horror of an allegedly pregnant woman's murder. In Mary Turner and the Mob, author Thomas Aiello asserts that the gruesome details of Turner's execution have distracted historians from investigating the larger...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of South Carolina PressISBN-13:9781643365046ISBN-10:1643365045UPC:9781643365046Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:African American & Black, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.20 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCFK387RQB

Thomas Aiello is Professor of History at Valdosta State University and specializes in African American history. He is the author of several books, including The Art of Deliberate Disunity: The Life and Times of Louis E. Lomax.


Publisher: University of South Carolina Press

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