Describes the history of lynching in the South after the Civil War, including the increase in violence and brutal treatment of the victims, a demographic look at those who formed lynch mobs, and the efforts undertaken to prevent lynching.
Content Note
Introduction -- Brutality of lynching and murder -- Maintaining social and racial order through violence -- The face of hatred : the perpetrators of violence -- The effort to end lynching -- Violence during the civil rights era -- Justice delayed : prosecuting lynchers decades later.