02713nam 2200637 a 450 991080627450332120240418045237.00-8139-3385-4(CKB)2550000001102517(OCoLC)829265616(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642012(SSID)ssj0000817065(PQKBManifestationID)11491264(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000817065(PQKBWorkID)10827843(PQKB)10562796(MiAaPQ)EBC3444098(MdBmJHUP)muse25549(Au-PeEL)EBL3444098(CaPaEBR)ebr10642012(CaONFJC)MIL422828(EXLCZ)99255000000110251720120806d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA deed so accursed[electronic resource] lynching in Mississippi and South Carolina, 1881-1940 /Terence Finnegan1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20131 online resource (246 p.) American South seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-3384-6 1-283-91578-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Strictly a white man's country, with a white man's civilization" : lynching in Mississippi -- "To hell with the constitution" : lynching in South Carolina -- "No rights for the negro which a white man is bound to respect" : lynching and political power in Mississippi and South Carolina -- "The equal of some white men and the superior of others" : African American victims of lynching -- "An example must be made" : lynch mobs and the response of African Americans -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.Ultimately, Finnegan shows how out of the tragedy of lynching came the triumph of the civil rights movement, which was built upon the organizational efforts of African American anti-lynching campaigns.LynchingSouth CarolinaHistory19th centuryLynchingSouth CarolinaHistory20th centuryLynchingMississippiHistory19th centuryLynchingMississippiHistory20th centuryLynchingHistoryLynchingHistoryLynchingHistoryLynchingHistory364.1/34Finnegan Terence1961-1636645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806274503321A deed so accursed3978016UNINA