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A review by adamrshields
Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror by Equal Justice Initiative
4.0
I may come back and write more about this later, but I am behind on writing.
This is a report on lynching and as a report, it is very well written. There is a good (short) history. It is clear about what was going on with lynching. It has a clear perspective of lynching as a form of racial terrorism and I think that clearness is helpful on a relatively short document like this. Not everyone that has not read anything about this will be convinced by this relatively short book, but I think it is a good jumping-off point for discussions and as a prep for visiting Montgomery with a group, which is why I read it.
This is a report on lynching and as a report, it is very well written. There is a good (short) history. It is clear about what was going on with lynching. It has a clear perspective of lynching as a form of racial terrorism and I think that clearness is helpful on a relatively short document like this. Not everyone that has not read anything about this will be convinced by this relatively short book, but I think it is a good jumping-off point for discussions and as a prep for visiting Montgomery with a group, which is why I read it.