A review by dtpsweeney
Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror by Equal Justice Initiative

5.0

A quick read that serves as a solid, revealing primer on the history and legacies of lynching in America. It details (in both quantitative and narrative record) the historical reality of lynching as a communal practice in the South, and it subsequently makes a very compelling case for the importance of building a contemporary and communal understanding of this horrific, unaddressed, historic, distinctly American phenomenon.

I read it in two sittings, and I learned a ton. It is extremely well-sourced, which has also given me many avenues for further reading. I absolutely recommend this text as a gateway into better understanding race and the South, both then and now.