BLOOD AT THE ROOT - A Racial Cleansing in America

In 1912, a young girl's murder rocked the rural community of Forsyth County, Georgia and led a mob of whites to lynch a black man on the town square. Later, bands of night-riders declared Forsyth "whites-only" and sent 1,100 citizens running for their lives, slowly erasing all evidence of their crime.

Blood at the Root is a sweeping American tale, spanning the Cherokee removals of the 1830s, the promise of Reconstruction and the crushing injustice of Forsyth's racial cleansing. The story continues, including a violent attack on civil rights activists in 1987 as residents fought to "Keep Forsyth White", well into the 1990s. Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that shapes America in the twenty-first century.

About the author

Patrick Phillips is an award-winning poet, translator, and professor. A Guggenheim and NEA Fellow, his poetry collection, Elegy for a Broken Machine, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Phillips lives in Brooklyn and teaches at Stanford University.

Summary

A gripping tale of racial cleansing in the American South and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Phillips, Phillips Patrick
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2017
• EAN: 9780393354737
• ISBN: 978-0-393-35473-7
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 211 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Illustrations: 36 illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, Georgia, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Black & Asian Studies, Georgia (US State), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General