A classic of investigative journalism, the pamphlets of Ida B. Wells-Barnett shine a light on the evils of racism in the United States. With a contextual introduction and useful footnotes, this book gives students an opportunity to analyze and interpret primary texts. The book includes the full text of
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases;
The Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States; and
Mob Rule in New Orleans: Robert Charles and His Fight to Death, the Story of His Life, Burning Human Beings Alive, and Other Lynching Statistics.
About the author
Taylor A. Marrow III was born in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and a Master of Arts in history from Ball State University. He has been married for fourteen years and is the father of two children. Currently he lives in Portland, Oregon, and is a full-time history instructor at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon.
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