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| Title | : | A Game Called Salisbury: The Spinning of a Southern Tragedy and the Myths of Race |
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (784 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003P2VFFO |
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| Number of Pages | : | 201 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
An all too vivid picture of the racism that saturated America only a few generations ago Titled after a lynching game played by children, A Game Called Salisbury: The Spinning of a Southern Tragedy and the Myths of Race is the non-fiction account of author Susan Barringer Wells' investigation into the unresolved, century-old murder of four of her relatives in Jim Crow North Carolina, and the subsequent lynching of the family's black sharecroppers for t. A must read! L. Sterling This was an eye opener to the evilness of the human beings.. Got this book for my boyfriend C. R. Lessner I got this book for my boyfriend who grew up in Salisbury and ended up reading it myself. Interesting read.
New Edition: With new discoveries about the cases.2009 Recipient of Willie Parker Peace History Book Award ---North Carolina Society of HistoriansThrough a mix of news reports and oral history, Wells details two true tragedies set in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1906. . Near midnight on Friday the Thirteenth of July, fourteen-year-old Addie Lyerly, awakened by smoke, descended the stairs of her family farmhouse and found her parents and siblings drenched in blood and encircled by flames. What sets the book apart from other murder and lynching accounts is its in-depth examination of the political influences on the 1906 press, as well as its glimpse into the private lives of reporters covering the story. It illustrates one of the more devastating residual effects of Post Reconstruction white supremacist campaign tactics. And it gives graphic examples of racist di
To be passionate about a subject is one thing; to tell the story in a fresh and focused way, as Wells does, is a rarer achievement." Rob Neufeld, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES"The study's emphasis on the media's role in the lynchings is of particular interest. One of the most chilling recent books about local history comes to our eyes via self-publication. She also underscores the legal system's disservice to the murder suspects. Leidholdt's study (`Editor for Justice') of lynchings in Virginia and the rise of Louis I. Drawing on a range of newspaper accounts, Wells shows how journalists presupposed the men's guilt and fueled whites' desire for revenge. 2009 Winner of Willie Parker Peace History Book Award --North Carolina Society of Historians"If Slaves in the Family evoked a distant past, this story reaches beyond the limits of living memory to reclaim a recent, and tortured, Southern past. In 'A Game Called Salisbury' (Infinity Publishing), Susan Barringer Wells presents the stor
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