Blood at the root : a racial cleansing in America / Patrick Phillips.

Author
Phillips, Patrick, 1970- [Browse]
Format
Audio
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Description
1 sound file : digital

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"A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia and ... testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America ... Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.
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Electronic audio file.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. New York Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group 2016 Available via World Wide Web.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Read by Patrick Phillips.
Contents
  • Introduction: Law of the land
  • The scream
  • Riot, rout, tumult
  • The missing girl
  • And the mob came on
  • A straw in the whirlwind
  • The devil's own horses
  • The majesty of the law
  • Fastening the noose
  • We condemn this conduct
  • Crush the thing in its infancy
  • The scaffold
  • When they were slaves
  • Driven to the cook stoves
  • Exile, 1913/1920
  • Erasure, 1920/1970
  • The attempted murder of Miguel Marcelli
  • The brotherhood march, 1987
  • Silence is consent
  • Epilogue: A pack of wild dogs.
ISBN
9781524722524 (electronic audio bk.)
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