Lynching in North Carolina : a history, 1865-1941 / Vann R. Newkirk.

"From the end of the Civil War until the mid-1920s, the culture of lynching prospered in North Carolina. Between 1865 and 1941, at least168 North Carolinians lost their lives to this form of mob violence. This work provides a list of all 168 documented lynchings, including a detailed account of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newkirk, Vann R., 1962-
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Lynching > North Carolina.
Murder > North Carolina.
North Carolina > Race relations > History.
Physical Description:v, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: a place in lynching lore
  • Lynching the Carolina way
  • Norlina
  • The lynching of Plummer Bullock
  • A well-deserved punishment
  • Canada, o Canada
  • The old north state
  • One million Klansmen
  • Law and order must prevail: North Carolina efforts to punish lynch mob members 1919-1923
  • The Needleman case
  • "You don't know what the law will do to you?" A move toward legal lynching
  • Lynching in North Carolina 1930-1935
  • A matter for the judiciary
  • Summary
  • Appendix I. Other notable lynchings
  • Appendix II. North Carolina lynchings, 1865-1941
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.