Beyond the Rope - The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory

Beyond the Rope tells the story of African Americans' evolving attitudes towards lynching from the 1880s to the present.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Black vigilantism; 2. Resisting lynching; 3. If we must die; 4. Remembering lynching; Conclusion.

About the author

Dr Karlos K. Hill is an Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University.

Summary

This book tells the story of African Americans' evolving attitudes towards lynching from the 1880s to the present. Unlike most histories of lynching, it explains how African Americans were both purveyors and victims of lynch mob violence and how this dynamic has shaped the meaning of lynching in black culture.

Product details

• Authors: Karlos Hill, Karlos K Hill, Karlos K. Hill, Karlos K. (Texas Tech University) Hill, Hill Karlos K.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2016
• EAN: 9781107620377
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62037-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, History of the Americas, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Slavery & abolition of slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery