02579nam 2200613 450 991046103140332120200520144314.00-8130-5131-20-8130-5546-6(CKB)3710000000431033(EBL)2070159(SSID)ssj0001516544(PQKBManifestationID)11870040(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001516544(PQKBWorkID)11513922(PQKB)10089645(StDuBDS)EDZ0001283549(MiAaPQ)EBC2070159(OCoLC)911054723(MdBmJHUP)muse46832(Au-PeEL)EBL2070159(CaPaEBR)ebr11066720(CaONFJC)MIL799310(EXLCZ)99371000000043103320150624h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDemocracy abroad, lynching at home racial violence in Florida /Tameka Bradley HobbsGainesville, Florida :University Press of Florida,2015.©20151 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-6104-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lynched twice: Arthur C. Williams, Gadsden County, 1941 -- A degree of restraint: the trials of Cellos Harrison, 1940-1943 -- The failure of forbearance: the lynching of Cellos Harrison, Jackson County, 1943 -- "A very cheap article": the lynching of Willie James Howard, Suwannee County, 1944 -- Still at it: the lynching of Jesse James Payne, Madison County, 1945.In this book, Tameka Hobbs investigates the history of racial violence and lynchings in Florida, focusing especially on a string of brutal lynchings that occurred during the 1940's. She argues that these lynchings created difficult diplomatic moments during both World War II and the Cold War period and that they forced the U.S. government to become more active in prosecuting racial violence.LynchingFloridaAfrican AmericansCrimes againstFloridaFloridaRace relationsHistoryElectronic books.LynchingAfrican AmericansCrimes against364.1/34Hobbs Tameka B.1041232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461031403321Democracy abroad, lynching at home2464605UNINA